Do your SOPs help your business to improve its performance? Standard Operating Procedures, or SOPs, are an essential part of any business to ensure that quality and consistency occur like clockwork, amidst the busy-ness of day to day working.Unfortunately SOPs are often under-utilised and this short book can help you to get so much more out of your SOPs by making them part of your day-to-day management approach.Most businesses fail to use their SOPs effectively, relegating them to become a bunch of documents that get filed away, never to be looked at again!But, SOPs can be used as a tool to help you increase the performance of your business, if you use them in the right way.Whether you are new to SOPs or have come across this book as part of your lean manufacturing journey, the ideas contained in this practical guide can help your business regardless of which sector you operate in. Included in this book To help you make your SOPs an effective part of your business management approach, this book includes: A refresher on how SOPs can benefit your business. Effective ways to create your SOPs. The idea of 'writing pairs' to write evenmore effective SOPs. Creating a 'SOP map' to better use SOPs in an ongoing way. Linking your daily routines to your SOPs. Downloadable templates Also included with this book is a link to five downloadable templates that you can use immediately. The downloads include formats that you can use for your own SOPs and other documents to help you get the most out of your procedures. Download your sample now Click on the book's cover above to 'Look Inside', or download a free sample now to get started. In just a few minutes from now you could be planning how to make your SOPs a worthy business ally rather than a dormant collection of untouched documents!

The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that "the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures..." While good written procedures can't guarantee zero accidents, they can reduce the number of accidents caused by human error. This new book shows how to remedy this problem through selecting and implementing actions that promote safe, efficient operations and maintenance, improve quality, continuity, profitability and cost control, build upon and record process experience, and promote the concept that operating and maintenance procedures are vital plant components. It includes practical samples of procedure formats, checklists and many references.

Failure to follow one's own procedures is the single most-cited violation of the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) regulations. In this workshop in a book, Dr. Paul Sanghera, the best selling author of several books in science and technology, presents cohesive, concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in context of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), quality assurance, and quality control. Those who can benefit from this book include students and professionals in biotechnology, health science, and other industries: especially those who are trying to meet the FDA regulations on SOPs. This is a general book for the beginners to develop a basic understanding about SOPs. Also the busy executives and managers will find this book useful for a quick introduction to SOPs. The material is presented in the format of lecture notes, which are self-contained, comprehensive within the scope of the book, and presented in an easy-to-follow logical learning sequence. All concepts are explained from scratch with enough examples and exercises. Example SOP templates are provided to put the concepts in practical context. Topics Include: *Introduction to SOPs *Effective SOPs *Producing Effective SOPs *Living with Approved SOPs: following, monitoring, and controlling SOPs *Process Based Approach to SOPs *Solutions to Self Test Exercises * Example SOP Templates *Glossary of terms Author Bio Dr. Paul Sanghera, an educator, scientist, technologist, and an entrepreneur, has a diverse background in all the fields on which biotechnology and health sciences are based including physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and math. He holds a Master degree in Computer Science from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Physics from Carleton University, and a B.Sc. with triple major: physics, chemistry, and math. He has taught science and technology courses all across the world including San Jose State University and Brooks College. Dr. Sanghera has been involved in educational programs and research projects in biotechnology. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 research papers published in well reputed European and American research journals. As a technology manager, Dr. Sanghera has been at the ground floor of several technology startups. His responsibilities included process development and quality assurance at companies such as Netscape and MP3. He is the author of several best selling books in the fields of science, technology, and project management. He lives in Silicon Valley, California, where he currently serves as Adjunct Professor at California Institute of Nanotechnology.

Completely revised and updated, the second edition of a classic reference, Handbook of SOPs for Good Clinical Practice provides templates of SOPs ready for adaptation to your requirements and immediate use. This allows you to create new SOPs or benchmark your existing SOPs against an internationally accepted set of SOPs. The book includes a CD-ROM containing an electronic copy of each of the SOPs and forms in the handbook so that you can easily customize the text to reflect your organization's processes. The author uses language ranging from the specific to the very general, depending on the activity described and the number of the existing regulations governing the activity. This provides you with a starting point for the development of your organization's SOPs, saving you the time and money that would normally be spent researching and documenting each of the procedures described. Modifying the SOPs supplied by this book will be a much more efficient task than developing new ones from scratch. Containing templates for SOPs and forms applicable to sponsors, study sites, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), Handbook of SOPs for Good Clinical Practice, Second Edition gives you the tools needed to develop effective SOPs for your organization.

A step-by-step resource for clear communication of all types of policies and procedures. Policies and procedures - they're what make a company run efficiently and legally. Now managers have a definitive guide to creating accurate policies and procedures documents. The book is useful for professionals in such areas as: * health and safety * human resources * office management * administration * quality * manufacturing * customer service * finance and accounting. Readers will enjoy the unusually friendly, informal approach of this book. Loaded with examples, checklists, guidelines, quick tips, work plans, and forms, it is ready for immediate use. The book shows how to: * write (and design) documents clearly (so employees will understand and follow the policies) * plan, analyze, and research each element * help employees increase efficiency, reduce mistakes and frustration, and save time and money - by providing clear guidelines to follow * avoid legal mistakes that can get a company in trouble.