Digital technologies have been extensively studied in academic research and industry. However, little is known about the adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing firms at a supply chain level. This paper aims to understand why and how manufacturing firms adopt digital technologies, and the impact of the adoption on supply chains. The study uses literature review method, identifies the main drivers of manufacturing firms adopting digital technologies (why), develops a new model of the adoption process (how), and synthesizes the impact of the adoption on supply chains into four aspects (what): supply chain efficiency, supply chain structure, sustainability and innovation. The paper then proposes a conceptual framework consisting of driver, process and impact, and discusses their inter-relationships. The study identifies that the technological intelligence and supply chain cooperation are two important factors and proposes a two-dimentional levels of adopting digital technologies according to their low-to-high degrees. The proposed framework, in particular the levels of digital technology adoption, are novel to the existing literature. Each of the three parts of the framework and their inter-relationships lays a foundation for further empirical studies in this field. This study also provides guidance for practitioners adopting digital technologies for supply chain management and developing appropriate business strategies at different digitalization levels.

数字技术已在学术研究和行业中得到了广泛的研究。但是，对于供应链级别的制造企业采用数字技术知之甚少。本文旨在了解为什么和如何制造企业采用数字技术，以及影响通过对供应链。本研究采用文献回顾的方法，识别制造企业采用数字技术的主要驱动因素（为什么），开发采用过程（新模式如何），以及合成通过对供应链的影响分为四个方面（什么）：供应链效率，供应链结构，可持续性和创新。然后，本文提出了一个由驱动程序，过程和影响组成的概念框架。，并讨论它们之间的相互关系。研究表明，技术情报和供应链合作是两个重要因素，并根据其从低到高的程度，提出了采用数字技术的二维层次。提议的框架，特别是数字技术的采用水平，对于现有文献而言是新颖的。框架的三个部分中的每个部分及其相互关系为该领域的进一步实证研究奠定了基础。这项研究还为从业人员采用数字技术进行供应链管理以及在不同的数字化水平上制定适当的业务策略提供指导。