ISO 56001:2024

Innovation Management System

For R&D and technology organisations establishing systematic innovation management.

ClassManagement system standard

Edition2024

What is this standard?

Specifies management system requirements for innovation management, covering the process from idea generation to portfolio management.

Who is it for?

R&D, technology and industrial organisations, university collaborations and organisations with an innovation portfolio.

What triggers an assessment?

  • The innovation process depends on individuals and is not repeatable.
  • Funding, a collaboration or a customer imposes an innovation management requirement.
  • The innovation portfolio needs to be measured.

What does it not replace?

  • It does not substitute for patents, incentives or R&D centre status.
  • It does not create an entitlement to R&D tax relief.

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