| Last month, Nikkei construction journal, one of famous Japanese business monthly magazines for Japanese construction sector, issued a special number for ISO9000s in construction sector. |
| The journal made a questionnaire survey for personnel in construction companies by Internet. |
| It obtained 194 answers. The summary of the results was as follows. |
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| 1. |
Reasons of registration of ISO9000s |
| 77% are by market coercion. |
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| 2. |
Reliability of documents and records |
| 66% say documents are almost false and just made for assessment. |
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| 3. |
Contribution to companies' performance |
| In future the registration will help get business chance: 41% |
| No contributio 38% |
| Negative contribution by heavy documentation and demoralization of people:11.9% |
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