Research on the Quantum Leap Path of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Enterprises from the Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities: —A Case Study of Ailebo Robot

Youyang Wu; Rui Feng; Yueli Chen; Sibo Zhao

doi:10.63313/EBM.9089

Authors

Youyang Wu Foshan University of Economics and Trade, Foshan 52800, China Author
Rui Feng Foshan University of Economics and Trade, Foshan 52800, China Author
Yueli Chen Foshan University of Economics and Trade, Foshan 52800, China Author
Sibo Zhao Foshan University of Economics and Trade, Foshan 52800, China Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63313/EBM.9089

Keywords:

Temp Digital Transformation, SMEs, Manufacturing, Dynamic Capabilities, Enterprise Transformation Strategies

Abstract

This study takes Ailebo Robot Co., Ltd. as a case to analyze the dynamic capability evolution mechanism of digital transformation in SMEs. Through an embedded single-case research method, it reveals the enterprise's transformation path across three dimensions: technology, business, and internationalization. The company has built six core technological systems to achieve cross-domain innovation, relying on a repository of 3 million process cards to support flexible production of 65,000 types of parts, forming a three-stage development model of "specialization, innovation - platformization - globalization". The research finds that through precise demand perception (e.g., 80 iterations of automatic stretching manipulator development), resource integration and reconfiguration (technology system migration to semiconductor inspection and other fields), and organizational model innovation (intelligent machining sharing platform), the enterprise has successfully transformed from an equipment supplier to an industry standard setter. Its practice path of "industrial thinking-dominated digitalization" provides a replicable transformation paradigm for manufacturing enterprises with annual output value below 500 million yuan, particularly significant in avoiding the "digitalization for digitalization's sake" pitfall. The research results expand the application scenarios of dynamic capability theory in the equipment manufacturing field, providing theoretical support and practical guidance for SMEs' digital transformation.

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