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The Definition of Agility

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This blog has previously reported profusely on flexibility, let alone resilience and robustness, but has severely neglected agility. With this post, I intend to take a closer look at what it means to be agile. This is the only reference I have found that properly differentiates between agility and flexibility and what being agile actually entails.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Measuring supply chain risk management
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Resilience X 10
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
The Resilient Organization
What does it mean to be a resilient organization? That is the topic of  The Resilient Organization, [...]
Book Review: Supply Chain Risk
A comment on a a previous book review - Supply Chain Risk Managament by Donald Waters - prompted me [...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Managing supply chain risk
In September and October 2009 the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 500 company executives with r[...]
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from HERE and THERE
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Trade compliance risks
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