ISO
44001:2017 is the International Standard for Collaborative Working. ISO 44001
is a roadmap for establishing and managing collaborative relationships with
suppliers (upstream), customers (downstream), partners (horizontal) and inter
department or function (internal) in order to generate benefits for all
parties. BS ISO 44001 started life as PAS 11000 Collaborative business
relationships in 2006. It became BS 11000-1 in 2010 and now, just over ten
years after the first publication, has become an international standard. It is
applicable to private and public organizations of all sizes, from large
multinational corporations and government organizations, to non-profit
organizations and micro/small businesses. It will be particularly relevant to
organizations in long term contracts in areas such as: construction , transportation,
defence facilities management . The aim of the standard is to provide a
framework to ensure collaborative relationships are effective and optimized.
Collaborative approaches have been shown to deliver a wide range of benefits
which enhance competitiveness and performance (for example, better cost
management, improved time, resource utilization, risk management and delivering
incremental business value and innovation). ISO 44001 (superseding BS 11000) is
about driving organizational mind set and culture toward collaboration, rather
than being a document focused on delivering contractual obligations.ISO 44001
involves a structured approach to sharing resources, experience and skills
supported by a method for creating, delivering and exiting relationships. ISO
44001 certification demonstrates that your business relationships are truly
collaborative.ISO 44001:2017 specifies requirements for the effective
identification, development and management of collaborative business
relationships within or between organizations. Collaborative relationships in
the context of ISO 44001 can be individual one-to-one relationships. But, more
frequently they will involve multiple parties, including external alliance
partners, suppliers, and internal functions. ISO 44001 maps the key areas that
organizations should address, which are set out in this guide. Managing
collaborative relationships can be a complex task. ISO 44001 provides a
structured life-cycle route map. Working with ISO 440001 enables partners to
effectively share knowledge, skills and resources to meet mutually defined objectives
and to provide new levels of value creation.
Application
of ISO 44001:2017 can be on several different levels, e.g.
· a single
application (including operating unit, operating division, single project or
programme, mergers and acquisitions);
· an
individual relationship (including one-to-one relationships, alliance,
partnership, business customers, joint venture);
· multiple
identified relationships (including multiple partner alliances, consortia,
joint ventures, networks, extended enterprise arrangements and end-to-end
supply chains);
· full
application organization-wide for all identified relationship types.
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