A supply chain that must deal with high levels of both supply and demand uncertainty.

The agile supply chain is defined as the application of responsiveness, competency, flexibility, and speed to manage how successfully a supply chain unit functions daily.

Agility refers to an organization's ability to respond to client demand as soon as possible while remaining cost-effective. This is built on design, supply, production, and distribution flexibility. Itis best for items like rapid fashion and foodstuffs that need to be on display and available when the buyer wants them.

However, agile supplychains are not appropriate for all businesses. In some cases, technological or human failures and a deeply established culture or a lack of investment in enabling technologies can stifle agility.

A company can use agile supplyfor the following:

1. Inventory should be minimized.
2. Cost-cutting
3. Create a reliable supply chain
4. In a continuously changing and turbulent trading environment, agile supply chains can help us to meet unanticipated client demand.
5. Agile supply networks can manufacture a wide range of products in a short amount of time.
6. The rise in profit margins is aided by optimizing inventory levels and cutting expenditures.