This research analyses the main link between the new concepts of knowledge-based economy and quality management. In this ever-changing environment, the systemic vision of any organization will outline in the direction of developing new skills, having as the main objective to overpass the waste identified in the knowledge transfer process on different hierarchical levels. In this article, we present different characteristic of new quality management techniques, opportunities of the future to gain the competitive advantage and a personal point of view regarding the most important teachings from high quality management literature.