As technology has become more prevalent within manufacturing, it is essential to understand how technology plays a role in modern manufacturing. This study presents a scientific method to assess a company's production technological advantage. Evaluating the current technological route via operations performance ratios could aid in determining the appropriate time of technological change. The model's validation and verification are based on applying it in two similar and competitive Syrian clothes manufacturing to decide on performing technological upgrading. Results show that there is a continuous decrease in both companies' technological advantage indexes. However, this deterioration of technological production assets is accelerated in company H faster than in company A. Comparing the two companies; company A is better than company H in terms of technology. Company H should upgrade its production line in order to survive in the market. This deterioration in the technological position could be due to the inappropriate machine maintenance policy against accelerated out-of-service state or due to the frequent machine overloading or their incorrect exploitation. As a result, the study results underlined that machines' loading and maintenance policies should be reviewed.
