Agile, Adaptable, and Aligned Supply Chain : Enhancing Competitive Advantages

In the twenty-first-century as strategies and structures of the organizations are changing to cope up with increased competitive pressure and fast changing customer demand, it is imperative to study how those changes are manifest in their supply chains. Based on extensive study of more than 60 leading companies that focused on building and rebuilding supply chains, Lee (2004) found top-performing companies have the ability to develop supply chains that are agile, adaptable, and aligned (Triple-A). To achieve sustainable competitive advantage, organizations need supply chain having all three of these qualities