18th century is still the era of workshops and handicrafts. There are often few processes to make a finished product, and the training of its personnel is realized through long-term study and practice in the form of apprentices. With the rise of the industrial revolution, the scale of production is expanding, the products are becoming more and more complex, the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, and the management of each process is becoming more and more difficult. If we only rely on the oral teaching of operation methods, we can't control the process quality and meet the requirements of large-scale production. Therefore, it is necessary to unify the operation steps and methods of each process in the form of work instructions.
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The reasons for establishing standard operating procedures have the following functions: standard operating procedures can save time, waste resources and achieve stability, because stability is the main driving force for the organization to continue to exist. Standard operating procedures may also cause some problems and hinder the realization of goals. It is necessary to understand this functional obstacle, and standard operating procedures will resist changes and cannot adapt to the needs of special environments. It will delay the opportunity and fail to meet the needs of the people; It often leads to the contradiction between "new policy" and "old practice" and cannot promote reform.
SOP features: SOP is a description of a process, not a description of a result. At the same time, SOP is not a system, nor a form, but a key control point in how a program standardizes the process. If combined with the standard of ISO9000 system, SOP is a third-order document, that is, an operational document; Have the concept of optimization; It can't be single, it must be a whole and a system, which is also indispensable for enterprises.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Standard Operating Procedure