New Delhi, The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has become the first metro organisation in India to receive the latest ISO 55001:2024 certification for its Asset Management System for Mumbai Metro Line-3, marking a shift towards strategic, risk-based and lifecycle-oriented asset management.
The DMRC achieved the certification in record time after strengthening its asset management framework. This included enhancing its Strategic Asset Management Plan , aligning asset management objectives with organisational priorities, strengthening risk assessment and lifecycle controls, and undertaking training and capacity-building programmes for personnel. Its responsibilities include the safe, reliable and efficient management of critical assets such as rolling stock, traction, signalling, telecommunications, stations, lifts, escalators, tracks and civil infrastructure, it stated.
The achievement marks a move from conventional maintenance practices towards a system focused on managing the performance, risk, cost and long-term value of assets in line with organisational objectives, it said.
