NIPO Software

NIPO Software

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Market Research Enterprise Feedback Management
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeroen Noordman (Managing Director)
Products	Survey Software Data Reporting Tools
Website	www.niposoftware.com

NIPO Software is a major worldwide Market Research and Enterprise Feedback Management software provider.^[1] The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands and has branches in Hong Kong and Argentina. NIPO targets Market Research agencies around the world with software products for feedback / data collection, panel management, data processing, analysis, and reporting. ^[2]

NIPO's previous logo

NIPO was founded in September 1945 as the Dutch Institute for Public Opinion by Wim de Jonge and Jan Stapel. In the 1970s, some people working for NIPO, that was considered then the leading market research company in the Netherlands, started developing software for data collection and analysis. In 1999 NIPO was purchesed by Taylor Nelson Sofres.^[3]

In 2011 the company started developing new platform called Nfield Web & Mobile which will gradually replace the current NIPO Fieldwork System.^[4]

Softwares

The Software suite NIPO Fieldwork System (NFS) include:

• NIPO Web Server
• NIPO FMS Server
• NIPO FMS Client
• NIPO WEB/CATI Manager
• NIPO ODIN Developer
• NIPO CATI Client
• NIPO CAPI Preview

Softwares that are not part of the NFS Software suite include:

• Nvision Script- used for delivering Market Research data collected with the NIPO Software Fieldwork System or with any other data collection platform that is able to export the collected data in the Triple-S format.
• NField Code- used for coding open answers from surveys.

References

1. ^ http://www.radar-global.com/services/cati/powerful-nipo-software
2. ^ http://www.niposoftware.com/home.aspx
3. ^ http://www.tns-nipo.com/pages/home.asp
4. ^ http://www.niposoftware.com/news/Development-of-Nfield-Web---Mobile-has-started.aspx