Cannabis SOPs drift out of date faster than most operators realize. Here's how to determine the right review cadence and what triggers should force an immediate update.
A clean inventory system isn't one with zero discrepancies — it's one where every number has a clear origin, every variance has an explanation, and the data matches the physical reality at any given moment.
The layout decisions made during buildout — workflow flow, storage placement, security zones — become permanent constraints on your operation's efficiency and compliance posture.
Most dispensary operational problems — inventory mismatches, missing documentation, compliance gaps — trace back to what happens (or doesn't happen) during product intake.
If your SOPs were written for your license application and haven't been updated since, they don't describe your operation — they describe a version of it that no longer exists.
The difference between daily and weekly reconciliation isn't just frequency — it's the difference between catching a 2-gram error and explaining a 200-gram variance.
If your morning shift and your afternoon shift handle the same task differently, you don't have a process — you have a collection of individual habits. Here's why that creates risk and how to fix it.
Without systematic accountability tracking, cannabis operators have no way to verify that critical compliance tasks are being completed consistently across shifts and locations.
Inventory reconciliation is the backbone of cannabis compliance. When reconciliation breaks down, discrepancies compound and audit findings follow.