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Let’s not confuse Supply Chain agility with speed.
There seems to be a misconception amongst the Supply Chain community that agility means speed… doing everything faster. It’s not so.
Let me explain with an example. Martial artists are icons of agility. Their sensing, flexibility and responsiveness are worth emulating. However, if you observe their fights (remember ‘Enter the Dragon’, ‘36th Chamber of Shaolin’), there are spells when both the fighters are completely still, observing and sensing the next move of their opponent.
Agility means being in the highest level of alertness, sensing the environment around you, and acting when the impact is highest.
Agile Supply Chains thrive on sensing the market, being in the state of readiness, and acting fast when the system triggers you to act.
Timely action is important, neither before nor after…