Supply Chain Agility: Review of Situations

Abstract

Supply chains are often exposed to internal and external disturbances, events and changes, i.e. situations that harm their performance and present a serious threat to their subsistence. Agility, which is often presented as the ability to cope rapidly and effectively with changes become a competitive advantage for supply chains and is of vital competence. Different Authors mentioned external pressures that motivate supply chains to acquire agile capabilities. However, a well-structured study of external and internal situations needing agility was not found. The aim of our study is to review the existing literature on supply chain agility to better understand this concept and propose an overview of situations requiring supply chain agility, based on academic and industrial work.