Standard Operating Procedure Template

A standard operating procedure template can help companies create SOPs to manage quality and maintain compliance.

SOPs are detailed, written instructions for achieving uniformity in the performance of a specific function. Because of the importance of uniformity, a standard operating procedure template is a good starting point for establishing a company's SOPs.

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Just as Important as a Standard Operating Procedure Template

Once you have the standard operating procedure template that meets your needs, and once you begin creating SOPs, it's just as important to manage and maintain them, provide employee training on SOPs, and make sure that any changes to an SOP replaces all previous versions.

In other words, creating a standard operating template and SOPs is only one important aspect of the task. Properly managing a company's SOPs, making sure that they are up to date, and training employees are equally important, and can sometimes get very complicated.

How to Properly Manage a Company's SOPs

It takes a variety of software solutions working together to properly manage all processes and procedures related to an SOP. Chief among them is a document control / document management solution that, preferably, is Web-based. This enables the system to track an SOP from it's creation through all of its modifications, and to ensure that only the current, most up-to-date version is on the shop floor.

Companies also need a change control solution (for modifying SOPs and documenting the reasons for the change) and employee training solution for ensuring that all relevant employees receive training on up-to-date SOPs. To make sure that nothing falls through the cracks, the change control solution should automatically trigger and track training tasks, which should be sent to each affected employee's email.

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For more information about a standard operating procedure template, as well as related topics, please feel free to contact a MasterControl representative.