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Outcomes from the ISO 55000 Asset Management Review

By Chris Champion posted 22-06-2016 08:54

  

IPWEA was represented by Mr Peter Way PSM as part of the Australian delegation to the recent Technical Committee (TC) 251 meeting in Sweden, for review of the ISO 55000 Asset Management Standards.

Highlights of the meeting included a resolution based on a report from Australia, requesting the ISO/TMB to give protection to its standards, by requiring similar standards from other committees to be based on ISO 55000 and ISO 55001, and for those other TCs to coordinate their activities with TC251.

This would be in accordance with the protection given to other management system standards, such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001. This will be subject to review by the ISO/TMB.

Other issues of significance were the reports and work of the various working groups on communication, product improvement, finance (convened by Peter Way) and revision of 55002.

These saw steps to better disseminate information on the standards, via websites and articles, generating feedback, creating a knowledge database and improving 55002 with further explanatory annexures.

The TC had also requested ISO Central Secretariat to conduct a formal (systematic) review of the ISO 55000 and ISO 55001 standards, which started in January 2016.

The results were only made known at the time of the closing plenary meeting; they indicated a large majority for confirming the standards unchanged. The ballot results will be considered formally at the next meeting of the TC before it decides on what action to take on them.

Further information available from Peter Way at peter.way@ipwea.org

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