Diseño estructuración y validación de un modelo de gestión de capacidades tecnológicas en pequeñas medianas empresas del sector de manufacturas de confecciones: Puente Aranda, Localidad 16 Bogotá

Abstract

The clothing sector in Colombia is shown in the first half of 2017 as one of the sectors in crisis, the Colombian Chamber of Clothing and Related Products (CCCyA) warned that this industry is going through one of its most difficult moments in recent years , which is reflected in the recent figures published by the National Department of Statistics (DANE) which indicate that production fell by 8% in May 2017, these clothing companies have been hit to a greater extent by smuggling and the entry of garments and products at low prices; The objective of the work focuses on the realization, structuring and validation of a model of technological management capabilities, aimed at small and medium-sized companies in the Garment Manufacturing Sector in Puente Aranda, town number 16 of the Capital District of Bogotá, where, through methodological analysis tools and surveys of businessmen in the study sector, allow us to identify the main technological management capacities of these organizations, which, as defined by (Kim, L. 2000), generate an "effective use of knowledge technology in order to maintain competitiveness in price and quality. Said capacity allows the organization to assimilate, use, adapt and modify existing technologies, as well as the creation of new technologies and the development of new products and manufacturing methods, all this to respond to changes in the environment", seeking with this knowledge propose management models associated with technological capabilities that focus on development, to make improvements that generate competitiveness of these companies, in globalized markets.