What is Standard Operating Procedure? | Benefits and Solutions for Businesses | SafetyCulture

A Standard Operating Procedure, or SOP, is a set of step-by-step instructions that outline how tasks in a business can be carried out to improve efficiency, safety, and overall performance while ensuring consistent quality control.

In this video, we’ll take a look at some of the benefits of having Standard Operating Procedures in place, the types of industries that use them, and a software solution like SafetyCulture (Formerly iAuditor) can help create, use and store SOPs more effectively.

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Chapters
00:00 What is a standard operating procedure
00:28 Why are SOPs often used in the workplace
00:39 SOP formats
00:49 Benefits of using SOPs
00:53 SOPs for a safer workplace
1:05 SOPs for regulatory standards compliance
1:20 SOPs for training
1:31 SOPs for repetitive tasks
1:44 Industries that use SOPs
1:56 SOP in Hospitality
2:12 SOP in Healthcare
2:26 SOP in Manufacturing
2:56 Using a software solution to perform SOPs more effectively

What are the Benefits of Using SOPs?

1. It creates a safer workplace. SOPs can be used as safety inspection checklists. This helps avoid risks and hazards that could potentially harm employees or customers.
2. It helps businesses stay compliant with regulatory standards. A standard operating procedure can be a documented record of the procedures followed and shown as proof of compliance with government or organizational standards.
3. It allows you to build a team of highly trained professionals. SOPs can be used as training materials for workers - to ensure that job expectations are met.
4. It helps organizations achieve repeatability. Implementing SOPs into workflows helps nurture good operating habits allowing teams to sustain good results consistently.

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