Who's Down with SOPs?

SOP stands for?

• Standards, Operations, Processes
• Staples, October, Pencils
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Simple Operating Procedures

SOPs need to be:

• Simple and Detailed
• Detailed and Complex
• Complex and Vague
• Vague and Detailed

True or False:  SOPs have nothing to due with efficiency.

• True
• False

SOPs are:

• Step-by-step instructions for employees.
• Step-by-step instructions for managers.
• Step-by-step instructions for employees and managers.

True or false: SOPs help business flow better, help with communication, but slow workers down because they have to read the SOPs every time.

• True

• False

True or False:  "Place peanut butter on bread" is a good example of one step in making a PB&J sandwich SOP.

• True
• False

SOPs ________ miscommunication and failure to comply with industry regulations.

• Reduce
• Increase
• have no bearing on
• expose companies to

SOPs are needed when a process:

• is completed once and never done again.
• is regular and reoccurring.
• is not repetitive.
• not directly related to the quality of a product.

Mr. Ecalne is down with SOPs because....

• He's tired of firing new high school grads and this will help them.

• Everyone wins when people follow SOPs

• Patterson High's Logistics program becomes better with SOPs

• All the choices are why Mr. Ecalne loves SOPs

True or False: Not following the SOPs can lead to getting promoted to customer.

• True

• False