Procedure

A procedure is a series of activities, tasks, steps, decisions, calculations and other processes, that when undertaken in the sequence laid down produces the described result, product or outcome. Following a procedure should produce repeatable results for the same input conditions. For this reason, formal written procedures are usually used in manufacturing and process industry operations to ensure safety and consistency. However, constant review or continuous improvement along with proper change management is usually advisable to ensure the continued applicability of written procedures in the face of change in supplies, product specifications, or surrounding work processes.

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Recorded procedures are usually called instructions or recipes. High-level procedures are sometimes known as methods.

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For example, the procedure for baking a cake from a packet mix may consist of the following steps:

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• Pre-heating the oven.
• Opening the mix box.
• Mixing the batter.
• Putting the cake in.
• Removing it when it's done.

Decision: A decision can be...

Calculation: A calculation is a deliberate process for transforming one or more inputs into one or more results....

Process: Process (lat. processus - movement) is a naturally occurring or designed sequence of operations or events, possibly taking up time, space, expertise or other resource, which produces some outcome. A process may be identified by the changes it creates in the properties of one or more objects under it...

Procedure related Images and Photos (experimental)

Ambroise Pare French Surgeon Invented the Procedure of Sewing up Arteries after Amputation