2000: NPMA and ASTM International establish ASTM Committee E53 Asset/Property Management Systems Standards
https://www.npma.org/Pages/ASTM.htm • http://www.astm.org/COMMITTEE/E53.htm
2004: IAM developed PAS 55 published by BSI • http://theiam.org/
2008: PAS 55 v2 published by BSI • http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030171836
Winter 2009: BSI proposes PAS 55 as the basis for an ISO Management Systems Standard for Asset Management • http://theiam.org/products-and-services
Spring 2009: ASTM E53 decides to engage in the ISO Asset Management standards development process
November 2009: ASTM E53 approved as official U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) by ANSI • www.uspc251tag.org/
June 2010: Preliminary Meeting of ISO Asset Management Committee in London, England
September 2010: ISO approval of PC 251, Asset Management Systems
January 2011: First Working Draft (WD1) released
February 2011: U.S. comments on WD1 submitted by US TAG
March 2011: First Official Meeting of PC 251 in Melbourne, Australia
April 2011: Working Draft 2 (WD2) released for comments
June 2011: US TAG Face-to-Face Meeting at ASTM HQ in Philadelphia, PA
August 2011: U.S. comments on WD2 submitted by US TAG
October 2011: Second Official Meeting of ISO PC 251 in Arlington, VA (hosted by US TAG)
November 2011: First Committee Draft (CD1) for comments releasedDecember 2011: US TAG Face-to-Face meeting to craft U.S. comments at AMP Conference in Bonita Springs, FL
January 2012: U.S. comments on CD1 submitted by US TAG
February 2012: Third Official Meeting of ISO PC 251 in Pretoria, South Africa
March 2012: Second Committee Draft (CD2) for comments released
April 2012: US TAG Face-to-Face meeting to craft U.S. comments at Meridium Conference in Jacksonville, FL
May 2012: U.S. comments on CD2 submitted by US TAG
June 2012: Fourth Official Meeting of ISO PC 251 in Prague, Czech Republic
September 2012: Draft International Standard (DIS) released for ballot and comment
January 2013: US TAG Face-to-Face Meeting to discuss, comment and vote on the DIS for Ballot
February 2013: US Vote and Comments on DIS to be submitted by US/TAG
April 2013: Fifth Official Meeting of ISO PC 251 in Calgary, Canada
November/December 2013: FDIS ballot (if necessary)
February 2014: Target date for the release of ISO 55000
Publisher's note: What do you think ISO-55000 Asset Management Standards mean for maintenance reliability professionals? Email Uptime Magazine Publisher Terrence O'Hanlon: tohanlon@reliabilityweb.com.
Jim Dieter is the Director of Strategic Programs for Sunflower SystemsTMand U.S. Head of Delegation on ISO PC 251 developing ISO 55000 • www.sunflowersystems.com