For Immediate Release
Contact: Paul Scicchitano
QSU Publishing
Telephone: 703-359-8466
E-mail: News@QSUonline.com
WhosRegistered.com Global, the world's largest free, Internet-based search engine of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certificate holders, has unveiled an innovative new feature that gives consumers and purchasers a stronger voice in the sometimes puzzling world of management systems certification.
A simple feedback mechanism now allows WhosRegistered.com Global users to send critical feedback on certified suppliers - directly to the bodies responsible for issuing management system certificates. Users with little knowledge of the complexities of third-party certification also have the option of elevating their feedback to the accreditation level if they wish to do so.
"The absence of purchaser and consumer feedback is unequivocally the missing link of third-party certification," declares Paul Scicchitano, president and publisher of QSU Publishing Company, which created WhosRegistered.com Global. "We've developed a tool that can be used by the average business person or consumer to share both positive and negative purchasing experiences. There's no question that this new dialogue will lead to more meaningful certification."
The ISO 9000 Advisory Group (IAG), which is comprised of some of the world's best-known experts on management systems, has concluded that the continued demand for ISO 9001 certification as a highly prized ticket to bid on government and industry contracts is likely to hinge on the certification industry's ability to obtain and act upon critical market feedback from customers of certified organizations.
"We are pleased that WhosRegistered.com Global can play a powerful role in improving the value proposition of third-party certification," adds Scicchitano. "Some segment of dissatisfied purchasers and consumers have simply stopped doing business with certified organizations over the years or they've suffered quietly through late shipments and other instances of poor quality."
In addition to the new feedback mechanism, users are now able to send copies of WhosRegistered.com Global certification records via e-mail to purchasing managers, community leaders and other interested stakeholders free of charge. Dozens of
The global online service, which can be found at www.WhosRegistered.com, features the entire worldwide databases of BSI Management Systems (BSI), DQS GmbH, United Registrar of Systems (URS), Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), SAI Global, Perry Johnson Registrars Inc. (PJR) and other leading issuers of third-party management system certificates. A special section of WhosRegistered.com Global has been reserved as the official site of the Worldwide Sanctioned QS-9000 Database of the QS-9000 Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force (SQRTF) representing DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors.
To send feedback on certified organizations, WhosRegistered.com Global users need only select "Provide Feedback" or "Elevate Feedback" from the detailed listing screens found on more than 100,000 records.
While WhosRegistered.com Global is more than adequate to accommodate the needs of most casual users, management system professionals, researchers, supplier quality assurance managers and other more serious users may find it advantageous to subscribe to the enhanced analytical and marketing features built into the ISO 9000 Worldwide Certified Company Directory, the ISO 14001 Worldwide Certified Company Directory and the QS-9000 Worldwide Certified Company Directory available through QSU Publishing on CD-ROM.
From its offices located near Washington, DC, QSU Publishing Company collects, analyzes and publishes data on certified organizations throughout the world as well as publishing authoritative monthly journals, books and software on management systems standards like ISO 9000, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949, QS-9000, AS9100, TL9000 and RC14001. For more information about WhosRegistered.com Global, contact QSU Publishing at 866-225-3122 (Outside the US call 703-359-8460) or visit www.qsuonline.com.