台灣經濟成長高度依賴出口，而中小型製造產業曾經造就了台灣出口外銷的輝煌，之後台灣製造業憑藉著技術優勢，在全球生產代工的體系中佔有一席之地，進而帶動經濟成長與出口。在全球性的策略佈局上，台灣的製造廠商過去以工廠立足中國，放眼國際客戶的策略取得很大的競爭優勢，不過近年來新興經濟體憑藉廣大的市場規模以及更低廉的勞動力崛起，全球的製造版圖也因此有了不小的波動。
台灣有九成以上為中小企業，在全球產業的角力下，紛紛出現成長率下滑以及利潤空間減少的情況，而台灣的中小型製造業則希望藉由數位轉型的手段，讓自身良率、流程優化、品質穩定。本研究希望藉由分析個案公司在面對衝擊時的數位轉型歷程，去推導出相似規模與模式的企業在面對數位轉型時，會遭遇到的問題、與轉型的方式。
本研究期盼透過質化研究的方式，尋找適用於中小型製造業進行數位轉型的管理意涵。
本研究選擇單一個案進行，運用訪談法作為深入研究的手段，並透過質化研究的章程去歸納出中小型製造業欲進行數位轉型時，能透過以下幾點訪談中所得出的結果，獲得對企業進行數位轉型時可供參考的重點項目。

一、 中小型製造業需要進行數位轉型的因素
二、 數位轉型的評估
三、 在數位轉型中所遭遇的組織調整
四、 數位轉型的標準流程
五、 數位轉型的成功因素

Taiwan's economic growth is highly dependent on exports. The small and medium-sized manufacturing industry once created the glory of Taiwan's export. After that, Taiwan's manufacturing industry took a place in the global OEM system with its technological advantages. It has driven Taiwan's economic growth and exports. In terms of global strategic layout, Taiwanese manufacturers are used to base on their factories in China and gain a great competitive advantage by focusing on international customers. However, in recent years, emerging economies have risen by virtue of their vast market size and cheaper labor, and the global manufacturing layout has also fluctuated a lot.
More than 90% of Taiwan's enterprises are small and medium-sized. Under the competition of global industries, there have been cases of declining growth rates and reduced profit margins. Taiwan's small and medium-sized manufacturing industries hope to make their products better, also their processes more optimized, and even their qualities more stable by practicing digital transformation. This research is mainly expected to analyze when the case company encountering the impact of digital transforming, what kind of dilemmas they may have and how to solve the problems by simulating similar sized companies or patterns which fit to solve this situation in manufacturing industry as reference.
This research hopes to find the management implications of digital transformation for small and medium-sized manufacturing industry through qualitative research.
This research chooses one single case to executive the practical research by using practical and complete interview and qualitive research steps to finalize, when manufacturing industry facing digital transforming stage, there will be some important cores to consider as below mentioned:

1. Factors which needed digital transforming for small and medium-sized manufacturing industry
2. Evaluation of digital transformation
3.Organizational adjustment in digital transforming dilemma situation
4. Standard process for digital transformation
5. Success factors for digital transformation

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