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Accreditation of ISO 9000 continues to grow. Whilst manufacturing
organizations were early adopters, in recent years, many organizations
from the service sector have pursued accreditation. In this paper, attitudes
towards the standard were compared to determine if there were significant
differences between the views of manufacturing and service organizations.
Empirical data was taken from a survey of 149 service and 160 Australian
manufacturing organizations. Results showed that differences were not
insignificant, particularly in terms of the benefits sought. The implication of
the results suggest that service organizations need to be careful when
applying the lessons learnt from the experiences of the manufacturing
sector to overcome the problems associated with the implementation of
ISO 9000. Further, the results of this study lend support to the argument
that the standard is not universally applicable and may need
industry-specific tailoring.
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Accreditation of ISO 9000 continues to grow. Whilst manufacturing organizations were
early adopters, in recent years, many organizations from the service sector have pursued
accreditation. In this paper, attitudes towards the standard were compared to determine if
there were significant differences between the views of manufacturing and service
organizations. Empirical data was taken from a survey of 149 service and 160 Australian
manufacturing organizations. Results showed that differences were not insignificant,
particularly in terms of the benefits sought. The implication of the results suggest that
service organizations need to be careful when applying the lessons learnt from the
experiences of the manufacturing sector to overcome the problems associated with the
implementation of ISO 9000. Further, the results of this study lend support to the argument
that the standard is not universally applicable and may need industry-specific tailoring.

Perceptions of ISO 9000: How Do Manufacturing and Service Industry Organisations View the
Standards by Prakash J. Singh , Mei Feng , and Alan J.R. Smith
School of Management, Queensland University of Technology, p2.singh@qut.edu.au1
Department of Management, The University of Melbourne, fengm@unimelb.edu.au2
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Melbourne,
ajrs@mame.mu.oz.au
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Accreditation of ISO 9000 continues to grow. Whilst manufacturing organizations were
early adopters, in recent years, many organizations from the service sector have pursued
accreditation. In this paper, attitudes towards the standard were compared to determine if
there were significant differences between the views of manufacturing and service
organizations. Empirical data was taken from a survey of 149 service and 160 Australian
manufacturing organizations. Results showed that differences were not insignificant,
particularly in terms of the benefits sought. The implication of the results suggest that
service organizations need to be careful when applying the lessons learnt from the
experiences of the manufacturing sector to overcome the problems associated with the
implementation of ISO 9000. Further, the results of this study lend support to the argument
that the standard is not universally applicable and may need industry-specific tailoring.
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Accreditation of ISO 9000 continues to grow. Whilst manufacturing organizations were
early adopters, in recent years, many organizations from the service sector have pursued
accreditation. In this paper, attitudes towards the standard were compared to determine if
there were significant differences between the views of manufacturing and service
organizations. Empirical data was taken from a survey of 149 service and 160 Australian
manufacturing organizations. Results showed that differences were not insignificant,
particularly in terms of the benefits sought. The implication of the results suggest that
service organizations need to be careful when applying the lessons learnt from the
experiences of the manufacturing sector to overcome the problems associated with the
implementation of ISO 9000. Further, the results of this study lend support to the argument
that the standard is not universally applicable and may need industry-specific tailoring.
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[1]Accreditation of ISO 9000 continues to grow. [2]Whilst manufacturing
organizations were early adopters, in recent years, many organizations from the
service sector have pursued accreditation. [3]In this paper, attitudes towards the
standard were compared to determine if there were significant differences between
the views of manufacturing and service organizations. [4]Empirical data was taken
from a survey of 149 service and 160 Australian manufacturing organizations.
[5]Results showed that differences were not insignificant, particularly in terms of
the benefits sought. [6]The implication of the results suggest that service
organizations need to be careful when applying the lessons learnt from the
experiences of the manufacturing sector to overcome the problems associated with
the implementation of ISO 9000. [7]Further, the results of this study lend support
to the argument that the standard is not universally applicable and may need
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