Knowledge Management is the integration of information and skills that has the potential to create value
for a company by creating an environment that promotes the transfer and access of this knowledge to
support informed decision making and continuous improvement.
TANTUS Solutions Group Inc. has worked with a number of clients to gain knowledge from
information. The diagram below identifies the methodology
TANTUS employs and the data
centers that can be collected through this process.
In many cases, knowledge management is simply a matter of collecting and making information accessible to
the organization and does not necessarily require more or better systems or applications, but rather a
change in the way people work with and think about information.
TANTUS' main Knowledge Management goals are to:
Formulate a strategic policy for the benefit of the development
and application of company-wide knowledge;
Implement knowledge strategies with the help of all relevant
parties within the organization; and
Improve the organization and use of business processes
focused on the creation, development, storage, and use
of knowledge.
Based on these goals, the functions that can be identified as the result of knowledge management
activities include:
The capture and disclosure of knowledge (i.e. experiences,
best practices) so that all individuals can use these in the
context of their organizational roles;
Ensuring knowledge is made available at the place
where it
is most optimal in the support of decision
making processes;
Ensuring knowledge is made available at the point of time
necessary to support business processes; and
To ensure that new knowledge is distributed to those
required to perform business processes on the basis of this
knowledge (distribution of lessons learned to the
right people).
"The productivity of knowledge and knowledge workers will not be the only competitive factor in
the world economy. It is, however, likely to become the decisive factor, at least for most industries in
the developed countries."
- Peter Drucker 1997