- Agile manufacturing is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality
- In lean supply chains the focus is on waste, but agile supply chains the focus is on the ability of comprehension and rapid responding to market changes
- An important difference is that lean is associated with level scheduling, whereas agile supply means reserving capacity to cope with volatile demand
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