
Revista investigación, desarrollo educación, servicio, trabajo
Vol 2 – No 2 July - December 2022 e-ISSN 2745-1194 Pag 1-23
Before being able to identify the importance of ICT in Quality Management systems,
it is necessary to detail the concept of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT), and everything that it encompasses.
Let us start by specifying the definition of Min TIC towards:
“Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the set of resources, tools,
equipment, computer programs, applications, networks, and media; that allow the
compilation, processing, storage, transmission of information such as: voice, data,
text, video, and images” (Min TIC, 2009).
On the other hand, Quality Management systems require elements that allow easy and
agile management of all the requirements that they demand. The management of both
physical and digital documentation, the consolidation of management indicators and
their measurement, the adjustments made to the processes of each organization, must
always be monitored; They must maintain a constant review and follow-up to comply
with the continuous improvement to which these practices invite. To make decisions
quickly and effectively, it is necessary to have technological tools that allow, not only
the system administrators, the operators, but also the senior management, the visual
of each item included in the Quality System Management. These tasks should not be
cumbersome, complicated, or difficult to manage, otherwise any Management System
or several Integrated Management Systems will become obsolete and will only be
supported on paper and not in constant operation or in practice.
The authors have been auditors and administrators of Integrated Management
Systems for five years, which allows them to show how complicated it is to keep
Management Systems up to date, aligned with the reality of Organizations, creating
awareness on the importance and advantages that these structures and good practices
bring to the different businesses, not only for recognition before a certification, but on
the contrary, the economic benefits that come with the optimization of the processes;
not only in terms of profitability, but also in mitigating the materialization of risks,
which not only have to do with financial consequences, but also legal, reputational,
technological, etc. Based on the foregoing, the greatest obstacles for Management
Systems (Differentiator, n.d.) are listed: