As a new development of the resource-based theory， resource orchestration reveals the mechanism of managers’ role in structuring corporate resources， bundling them into competencies， and using them to create competitive advantages for enterprises. Firstly， it compared the concepts and mechanisms of resource bricolage， resource choreography and resource orchestration from the perspective of resource active management， and argued that resource orchestration covered the main elements of resource bricolage and resource choreography， and could be applied to heterogeneous situations of enterprise management. Secondly， it comprehensively explored the research development of resource orchestration mechanism under the heterogeneous situational of horizontal vertical and life cycle of enterprise resources in an all-round way， and clarified the specific mechanism of the transformation enterprise resources into competitive advantage through resource orchestration. Finally， it summarized the overall relationship between the mechanism of resource orchestration in heterogeneous situations and put forward the future research direction of the mechanism of resource orchestration. Through a comprehensive and systematic review of the concept and mechanism of resource orchestration， it contributes to the development and improvement of resource orchestration study， and has a strong practical significance in promoting enterprise managers to pay attention to the issue of active resource management.