ISO 41001 Facility Management (FM) integrates multiple disciplines in order to have an influence on the efficiency and productivity of economies of societies, communities and organisations, as well as the manner in which individuals interact with the built environment. FM affects the health, well-being and quality of life of much of the world’s societies and population through the services it manages and delivers.
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ISO 41001: 2018 was released in 2018 and is the first international FMS to be published by ISO. It provides a framework in line with the Annex SL structure to help organizations cultivate, implement and maintain an effective global facilities management system. It is designed to help procurement and facilities teams by providing a benchmark to measure the competency and efficiencies of facilities management systems including the consistency and capability of the services used.
A facility management system is designed to help organizations integrate people, locations, processes and procedures in order to drive the improvement of stakeholders quality of life whilst keeping in mid company objectives of acnhieving continual business improvement.
ISO 41001:2018 was developed for organisations that incorporate or run facilities management systems which have the option of introducing compliance with the new standard into their business.
The standard was developed to further acknowledge the rapid growth and increased complexity of the facilities management market. It is not sector specific and is intended to be applicable to all organisations or parts of organisations, whether public or private sector, regardless of the type, size and nature of the organisation or geographical location. ISO 41001:2018 should be implemented so that an organisation:
