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!

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The U.S. Department of State charged the Academies with the task of producing a protocol for development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that would serve as a complement to the Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security: A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management and be included with the other materials in the 2010 toolkit. To accomplish this task, a committee with experience and knowledge in good chemical safety and security practices in academic and industrial laboratories with awareness of international standards and regulations was formed. The hope is that this toolkit expansion product will enhance the use of the previous reference book and the accompanying toolkit, especially in developing countries where safety resources are scarce and experience of operators and end-users may be limited.

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.