Importance of SOP

1. Importance of SOPs
Presented By:
Mobeen Akbar Chohan
Presented To:
Workers Raw Material Store

2. What is an SOP?
A standard operating procedure is a
company wide formalized structure to
handle specific operational activities
 Essential supporting element in the creation
of good planning and control

3. Importance of SOPs
Standardize the approach of individuals
specific procedures,
improving the quality and speed of decision
making in key areas
especially in contingency planning,
survival and recovery.

4. Valuable structure for inter company
discussion and development
 knowledge management base within the
organization
cost cutting, competitive analysis
to speed the integration of an individual

5. Improve transparency within the
organization
How specific problems are handled in a
standard and clear fashion which helps in the
creation of shared values

6. Clear audit trail in cases of dispute or
external investigation
Provide a check list which is action and
implementations oriented and identify
precisely the individual responsible for their
completion.

7. Provide a rapid way to improve the span of
control within organizations
They can provide highly cost effective
maintenance training when incorporated
into an effective Intranet and checking
system

8. Provide the first stage in the creation of
knowledge centers within an enterprise, by
serving as a means of collecting information
which can then be used to develop expert
systems, involving software and eventually
artificial intelligence

9. They can provide valuable assistance to
change management policies, by embedding
new best practice

10. Characteristics of a good SOP
 Improving and simplifying job performance
 Inclusive framework for decision making
 SOP is easily and rapidly accessible to all
employees
 Role and importance of the SOP can be easily and
clearly demonstrated

11.  The SOP leads to specific and ideally simple action
which can be rapidly documented
 The SOP is part of a company wide training and
development programme, and knowledge of the
SOP is regularly tested

13. THANKS