standard operating procedure and Deming

standard operating procedure and Deming

standard operating procedure (簡寫為SOP)標準作業程序

（美國US）the usual way of doing something:
Checking references before we lend money is standard operating procedure.

(fromCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

例：有制度的雜誌、報紙等駐外記者，他們的撰文、發表、請款等等作法，都有標準作業程序上的要求。

Parisin the Fifties (Preface) "... During the 1950s, when I worked as a Time correspondent inParis, it was standard operating procedure to swamp the editors back in the New York office with voluminous, detailed and often ..."

下述兩例SOP的用法比較不恰當：

Indeed, Deming was the classic prophet without honor in his own country. It wasn't until the '80s that U.S. manufacturers adopted his principles largely to meet the competition from Japan. Deming's 14 points are now standard operating procedure around the world. Cait Murphy 這句SOP說得太隨便啦 事實上14經營要點像聖經等做人處世格言 看似簡單 其實不容易實行

「吃水果也有SOP喔！」--這句讓我想起Deming將冰箱的雞蛋寫上日期 先進先出