| A standard operating procedure template is a form | | | | situation. This is where the standard operating |
| created to serve as the basis of SOP creation. It is | | | | procedure template will come in handy. The SOP will |
| has been designed to guarantee a consistency in the | | | | be formatted in such a way that it is consistently |
| design, development and flow of existing and future | | | | linked to the previous SOPs that have been released. |
| standard operating procedures being released. | | | | The SOP being written will be regularly reviewed. |
| While it is true that a company can just whip up a | | | | After being reviewed thoroughly, the SOP will be |
| set of instructions to address a given current | | | | approved, implemented and indexed and filed for |
| situation, it is a whole lot more convenient to rely on | | | | future referencing. |
| a template to make sure that the SOP can be easily | | | | Standard operating procedures can make or break a |
| understood, implemented and filed for future | | | | budding company. That is why each and every SOP |
| references. | | | | must be written with great care and consistency to |
| There are certain processes involved in the | | | | make sure that each protocol would be carried out |
| development of a standard operating procedure. First, | | | | correctly without any form of discrepancy with |
| a situation needed to be addressed will be studied | | | | regards to the earlier procedures. Only then can a |
| deliberated upon. Next, a standard operating | | | | company be sure that there is a good quality of |
| procedure will be written to address that certain | | | | management system. |