Investigations on integration of knowledge management principles with quality circle programme total failure mode effects analysis and iso 9001 2000 based quality system

Abstract

During 1970s the world witnessed the evolution of Japanese newlineinduced global competition After that a number of quality management newlinetechniques approaches and models emerged in the world At that point of newlinetime onwards the world community began to address them under the topic newlineTotal Quality Management TQM These TQM techniques and models are newlineimplemented in the contemporary world to different extents In the meantime newlinethe world has experienced the rapid development and growth of Information newlineTechnology IT infrastructure As a result the boundaries between the newlinecountries have been removed and the world is becoming a single entity One newlineof the impacts of this development is knowledge explosion newlineBecause of the knowledge explosion phenomenon abundant newlineknowledge is currently available in the world Hence managing knowledge newlinehas become a challenge to the modern engineers newline newline