The practice of born service-oriented manufacturing enterprises (BSOMEs) that carry out service-oriented manufacturing business at the beginning of its establishment challenges the traditional service-oriented manufacturing theory which only focuses on the service-oriented transformation of manufacturing industry. Under resource-constrained conditions, how BSOMEs overcome the inherent insufficiency of manufacturing capabilities is a key issue concerning their survival and development. Based on the resource dependence theory, the longitudinal single case of DTCT, a typical enterprise, was analyzed. By discussing the process mechanism through which BSOMEs can build resources and capabilities that are in line with their strategies in order to achieve rapid growth, the following findings were obtained. The dependence relationship between BSOMEs and the environment can evolve along the stage of "dual asymmetric dependence-dual joint dependence-multiple joint dependence", and form manufacturing capabilities that are compatible with organizational strategies. BSOMEs can overcome their natural disadvantages by proactively building dependencies with other organizations in the environment. The organization should reduce its dependence on the environment by building internal resources and capabilities. The organization can reshape the environment conducive to the organization by building an ecosystem that increases the participants' dependence on the organization and the joint dependence of both parties. It innovatively combines the growth process of new enterprises with the strategy of service-oriented manufacturing, contributes to the literature of service-oriented manufacturing and entrepreneurship, and has important guiding value for BSOMEs to overcome their inherent disadvantages.