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    Benchmarking about Lean Manufacturing in the textile sector in Medellin
    (Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 2010-06) Arrieta Posada, Juan Gregorio; Romano Martínez, María Jimena; Botero Herrera, Victoria Eugenia; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Producción; jarrieta@eafit.edu.co; vboteroh@eafit.edu.co; mromanom@eafit.edu.co; Gestión de Producción y Logística
    This document shows the results of a benchmarking study among different firms from the clothing industry that seeks to evaluate their degree of implementation in Lean Manufacturing during their respective productive processes -- The study mainly targets firms that produce blue jeans, cotton shirts and t-shirts -- Indeed, this industrial sector in the city of Medellin is highly developed and one of the most dynamic, thus the interest to perform an evaluation in this area -- To achieve the benchmarking, a questionnaire was designed and applied to the different firms that were visited -- The most significant result obtained was that Lean Manufacturing techniques were not prevalent within the general public -- Only those companies with years in the business, exporters or foreign trademarks licensees, were knowledgeable of their application and development