One of the easiest way to write standard operating procedures is to see how others do it. What I’ve done this week is share 7 examples of different standard operating procedures examples (also called SOPs) so you can see how different organizations write, formant, and design their own procedures.
Over the coming weeks, we will analyze these documents and prepare a series of templates that will help you write SOPs for different industries and different sectors.
Here is the list:
1. FAO – Two examples of various categories of SOPs are given in the ensuing chapters.
www.fao.org/docrep/w7295e/w7295e04.htm
2. Biotechnology Program, Montgomery College – SOP
Sample Standard Operating Procedures. SOP. Formats. Doc. PDF (Requires Acrobat Reader ).
www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/biotechnology/sop.html
www.ehs.uci.edu/programs/sop_library
4. Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
5. Employee Training and Development
http://www.feedforward.com.au/sop_training.htm
6. Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures
www.ansci.cornell.edu/pdfs/sopsdir.pdf
Let me know if you can recommend other quality SOPs that we can share with our readers.
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hi thanks for the information above about SOP. actualy i work in a export company i want to write SOP for our department. i need samples for export departments could you please help me to come with excellent SOP SO that my boss will be impressed and my collagues won have trouble in future
Hi Salman,
Your best bet is to download these and use them to get started.
http://www.klariti.com/standard-operating-procedures/
Hi,
We have heavy machinery (Front end loaders,Excavators & Backhoe) in our yard and would appreciate if I can access an SOP on the maintenance of these machinery
Thanks
Hi,
I would like to know the SOP for payroll?
Can I get some samples for reference?
TQ
I need to find SOP’s related to Legionella Control. Do you know of any link?
Thanks in advance.
Have you tried Klariti.com?
Hi Thanks for good information, am working in data department, may have a sample of data managemnt SOPs for both paper based and Electronic data
I’m a Project Specialist on Sports Equipment. I’m trying to write a SOP for my Distributors to conduct Demo on products to public. Do you have any references for me to look into. Many thanks in advance.
Thanks for the information above about SOPs. Actually I am working in FMCG business I have sample but i would like to have more different samples related to seam business spicily for juice preparation
Hi
The company I work for transport with Lorries and are also workshop based with manual handling and work based around machinery and some chemicals.
Could you please tell me where I can find some more examples to help me make sure we have a good SOP and emergency plan please?
hi ,i am zakir from bangladesh. i want to write a sop for a tour operator and travel agency. how can i write that.
Hi..
Can you give a sample on heavy machinery SOP? I worked in a Steel manufacturing factory. We melt scrap iron, make it into Billet than into steel bar.. We involved with lots of machine. Can you help?
Hi,hi thanks for the information above about SOP. actually i work in piping department at shipyard company and i want to write SOP for our department. i need samples for export departments could you please help me to come with excellent SOP SO that my boss will be impressed and my colleagues won have trouble in future. Thanks
Hello, I work for sheetmetal fabrications in receiving and dispatching. How can i make a standard operating procedures for this.
Hi,
I have been assigned to write SOP’s for Mall Marketing Department. could you please help me in the same.
where can I get the formats n contents if possible.
Regards
Shireen
hi,
i am working in Sadiq poultry Pakistan i want sop on poultry farm (Breeder,Broiler,Hatchery) kindly give me some source for the preparation for sops so kind of you.
i also required sops on production department as well as for all departments in an organisation for effective control.
Hi there – we are looking to create a digital/computer based version of our SOP for an apartment hotel so that staff can quickly click on areas that they need more clarification or advice from. So you have or know of one that we can use?
Hi Eileen,
Drop me an email and I’ll see if we can help.
btw, have you look at these SOP templates http://www.klariti.com/standard-operating-procedures/
Hi Aitf,
Have you seen these templates http://www.klariti.com/standard-operating-procedures/