Technology Monitoring System to Improve the Competitiveness and Innovation in Colombian Companies

Abstract

The way to boost the development of the regions has to do with making companies more competitive, in such a way that they can have access to the global market, this requires improving the traditional production processes, that’s why it is a must to find new productive sectors in consistent with changes in the dynamics of global demand for goods and services. The aim of this paper is to show the first steps to give formal processes supported by research which are supported by science, technology and innovation. This research focuses on the companies that can offer goods and services classified as micro, small and medium-sized companies (also known by the acronym “MiPymes” [1]), since these are the ones that have better chances of hitting directly to the society. These companies require an accompaniment on the part of the state, in their different orders, so that their competitiveness can be improved on the basis of innovation, therefore, it is suggested that the process of observation of the environment will be followed by experts and with the help of a computational tool developed for this purpose called “technological monitoring system, multi-application”. Reference [2], which makes it easy to do the diagnosis of the current status of the companies based on the measurement of the technological gap, this process is oriented to discover potential sectors, to modernize the traditional or reject those that lose their validity, in order to improve the quality of the products or services offered, improve the efficiency of production processes and increase the competitiveness of companies. Although it is true there are many software tools for technology monitoring processes, this is a system that has the ability to offer a free service to small businesses that do not have resources to pay for such studies. It is intended that the system is used by State institutions, as a free public service to support “MiPymes” [1] as part of a Public Policy.