Affiliation:
1. Vellore Institute of Technology, India
2. Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Abstract
The notion of agile supply chains is gaining traction in academia and has been enthusiastically adopted by private corporations. A variety of factors differentiate agile supply networks. They should not only be network-based but also market-sensitive, with tightly linked virtual and crucial operations. If agile supply chains are to adapt for ever-faster turnaround time towards both volume and variety changes, they must integrate supply and demand. The agile supply chain must be able to swiftly modify the output to satisfy customer needs and move from one version to the next. Of course, information technology is essential to the smooth running of agile teams. However, this chapter will focus on two additional essential facilitators of supply chains. Agility, which has gotten less emphasis yet is vital to the success of these kinds of procedures, has gotten less attention.