Many manufacturers do have complications, though; no matter whether they want to know why they themselves have had to withdraw goods from distribution, or whether a particular important component is temporarily in short supply, all look to the institute for help. Just as when the "teaching hospital" becomes the "casualty ward," at times you just do not know whether to laugh or cry.
許多廠商有了疑難雜症，不論是想知道自己為什麼遭到外銷退貨，或某一樣重要零件臨時缺貨，都要找工研院幫忙解決，就像把「教學醫院」當成「急診診所」，有時不禁令人啼笑皆非。