Lin Chih-Ch’ing, the Director of the Plastics Industry Development Center, who is also head of the Alliance of Innovation in Traditional Industry (AITI), says that, in industry, adopting IT tools is the key to adding value and to successful transformation. Lin also suggests that firms seeking to create new value-added should start by focusing on service innovation.

傳統產業創新聯盟（Alliance of Innovation in Traditional Industry，AITI）盟主、同時也是塑膠中心總經理林志清表示，產業加值轉型，導入資訊工具成決勝關鍵。其次，建議從服務創新著手，才能找到新的附加價值。

Companies in Taiwan’s traditional industries are mainly involved in OEM or ODM production; with respect to innovative applications, they continue to focus mainly in technology upgrading in order to fend off the competition from emerging economies such as China and Vietnam. Most firms in traditional industries are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which tend to concentrate on R&D and manufacturing; investment in e-enablement – whether in terms of equipment, software, or manpower – is usually relatively low, leading to significant weaknesses in terms of failure to adopt useful IT applications. The adoption of new IT tools can lead to a significant enhancement of the competitiveness of these industries.

台灣傳統業者多著重在OEM或ODM上，在產業創新應用方面，仍著重在技術提升為主，以對抗新興國家，如大陸、越南等國家之競爭。加上大多數的傳統產業公司多為中小企業，經營重點多放在研發與製造上，在企業e化的投入上，不論是設備、軟體與人才普遍較低，在IT導入的缺口很大。能導入IT工具，將大幅提升產業競爭力。

Enterprises in traditional industries are generally reluctant to collaborate with other firms on R&D; the flow of information within these industries tends to be highly asynchronous. Awareness of the potential of Web services applications is also relatively low. To help enterprises in traditional industries enhance their technology capabilities, AITI is planning to complete the establishment of an AITI Service Network before the end of 2009, so as to integrate the IT training services provided by the various foundations and institutions that are members of AITI, bringing together their IT and innovation capabilities within the same portal to make it easier for both business enterprises and individual members of the public to access the services they need quickly and conveniently. It is anticipated that the establishment of this knowledge network for traditional industries will help firms in traditional industries to identify new opportunities to create value.

傳統產業主要是採封閉性研發，產業內資訊不對稱的程度較高，且對網路服務應用認知較低。為了協助業者提升技術能量，AITI在年底之前建置「傳統產業創新聯合服務網」，以整合AITI各法人的資訓服務，將法人所屬領域的相關資訊與創新能量整合到單一入口，方便企業或是民眾可透過此一入口快速獲得所需服務，建立傳統產業知識網路，發掘傳統產業價值創造的機會。


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