ISO 56001 si SR 13572 Certification - Innovation management system

• increasing the capacity to manage uncertainty;
• economic growth of income, profitability and competitiveness;
• reducing costs and waste, increasing productivity and resource efficiency;
• improving sustainability and adaptability to changes in the business environment and gaining visibility in the market through novelties;
• increasing the satisfaction of users, customers, citizens and other stakeholders;
• sustained renewal of the offer portfolio;
• increasing the capacity to attract partners, collaborators and funders;
• enhancing the reputation and value of the organization;
• facilitating compliance with regulations and other relevant requirements;
• developing the ability to identify new opportunities through innovation, linked to the context and objectives of the organization, and to identify and minimize associated risks;
• facilitating the creation of opportunities to adapt to crisis and/or unexpected situations;
• advantage in the evaluation process of the units and institutions of the national R&D system;
• advantage in the process of participation in the implementation measures (implicitly accessing the related funds) of the National Strategy for Research, Development and Innovation.

 

About the standard

Innovation can be realized in small steps (incremental innovation), which means repeated minor improvements to existing products, services, processes and business models. The reasons for choosing incremental innovation are that it is cheaper, less risky and helps maintain market position.

 

However, innovation can be aimed at creating entirely new products, services, processes, organizational structures or business models. This type of innovation (radical innovation) involves higher costs and risks, but also has a greater impact on the business.

 

In order to realize continuous improvement of the innovation process, it is necessary to implement a specific management system according to ISO 56001:2024 Innovation management system – Requirements and/or SR 13572, Innovation management systems (SMIn) – Requirements, which specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an innovation management system (SMIn).

 

Implementing an innovation management system is a strategic decision for an organization to improve its overall performance. The innovation management system provides support for sustainable development initiatives.

Innovation can be a factor for success in all sectors of an organization and at all stages of a product’s life cycle (from research, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, maintenance, to product withdrawal and disposal or recycling), as well as in the organizational domain. An optimal and systematic innovation process requires innovation management to be defined and implemented at organizational level.

 

Both ISO 56001 and SR 13572 fulfill the requirements of international standards for management systems. These requirements refer to a framework structure identical to that of international management standards, identical core texts and common terms with identical core definitions. This concept of the standard leads to a more user-friendly use of the standard by those implementing several international management standards in an integrated management system.
 

ISO 56001 and SR 13572 include requirements for:

• the context of the organization in which it operates, understanding the needs and expectations of stakeholders, determining the scope and processes of the innovation management system;
• leadership: requirements on leadership commitment, policy and its communication and the roles, responsibilities and authorities of all staff;
• planning, from planning actions to deal with risks and opportunities, objectives and planning their realization to establishing an adaptable organizational structure and portfolio of innovation initiatives;
• the necessary support, including: resources (people, time, knowledge, money, expertise), awareness, communication, documented information; tools and methods, management of confidential information, intellectual property;
• operation, i.e. operational planning and control, management of innovation initiatives, innovation management process, consisting of: opportunity identification, concept creation, concept validation, solution development and solution implementation;
• performance evaluation and its specific activities: monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation, internal audit, management analysis;
• improvement, including control of deviations, non-conformities and corrective actions.

The purpose of ISO 56001 and SR 13572 is to establish requirements for the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of an innovation management system (IMSn). The standards establish the processes carried out within the innovation management system and the role of the participants.

 

To whom should the certification of innovation management systems according to ISO 56001 and/or SR 13572 be addressed?

All those interested in innovation, in other words all organizations that want to have a future, regardless of whether that organization is public or private, regardless of its field of activity and regardless of its size.

 

SRAC realized the first certification of the innovation management system: Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare în Construcții, Urbanism și Dezvoltare Teritorială Durabilă „URBAN-INCERC”.