Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Management

A Review on Measurement of Agility

Abstract

Murarka Shaarabh, Gupta Rishi, Sharma SK

Shifting paradigms gave rise to agile manufacturing. The concept which was later applied at a broader level to organizations, workforce, and enterprise as well as supply chains. As trend of agility is being recognized as a necessary step to compete in the highly turbulent environment it becomes necessary to evaluate the agility of systems. As agility has no exact definition and subjected to individuals perception the evaluation of a system’s agility has been attempted with diverse approaches. This paper reviews various agility evaluation methods proposed and attempts to provide a holistic view of every method and draws out their advantages and limitations, in order to help in further research in this field.