Marc said:Naw. Not me, Howard.
The figures that I meant were about participants from China in the forums, you once had figures for countries, my impression is that we have more participants from the far east
Marc said:Naw. Not me, Howard.
I don't know how many here are from China, but I know quite a lot of folks who register are from China. As I understand it registrations are booming in China - but I have no data - only anecdotal 'evidence'.Howard Atkins said:The figures that I meant were about participants from China in the forums, you once had figures for countries, my impression is that we have more participants from the far east
So - You're saying that companies choosing to 'drop out' is not a failure mode? I've known few organizations which do not want to know when their customers are abandoning them.Wes Bucey said:Most important question: Is there value to knowing the answer?
No slam, here, Claes - just wondering if this isn't similar to asking the question about any proposed record in an organization:
"What's the value added of gathering and recording this metric?"
Re: Peoples Republic of China (Some list Taiwan as "China") did have incredibly large number of registrants to ISO9k2k. I don't have time to search this, but I recall a post with data through Sept 2003 which showed this.Marc said:I don't know how many here are from China, but I know quite a lot of folks who register are from China. As I understand it registrations are booming in China - but I have no data - only anecdotal 'evidence'.
So - You're saying that companies choosing to 'drop out' is not a failure mode? I've known few organizations which do not want to know when their customers are abandoning them.
The ISO Survey is probably the best bet. Not worth CHF50, though. The abbreviated findings would be sufficient.If anyone has any credible numbers (with source) I'm sure we'd all be happy to know.
I read somewhere recently (can't remember off hand) that the strongest growth is in the service industries.
Up to the end of December 2008, at least 982 832 ISO 9001 (2000 and 2008) certificates had been issued in 176 countries and economies. The 2008 total represents an increase of 31 346 (+3 %) over 2007, when the total was 951 486 in 175 countries and economies. Services have signicantly increased their share of certicates, with service providers accounting for 40 % of all ISO 9001 certificates compared to 32 % in 2007.