Abstract— Over the last forty years, the multiplicity of available products and the acceleration of innovation has made business environment and market much more uncertain for the companies. Although businesses have visibly understood the potential of supply chain management as a competitive advantage, the shift in market requires the implementation of new supply chain strategies which answer perfectly to this shift in markets. In this context, agility, as one of the main new strategies adaptable in the new market environment, refers to a company's ability to get advantage of new opportunities in the current volatile market. This paper, first reviews the concept of agility, studied by literature of supply chain management, and highlights the positive outcomes of such strategy on delivering added value to customers.

Index Terms— flexibility, agility, leagile supply chains, responsiveness

Cite: Solen Lebosse, Atour Taghipour, and Beatrice Canel-Depitre, "Quick Response to Fluctuations in Supply Chains: A Review" Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 394-400, September 2017. doi: 10.18178/joams.5.5.394-400