Improving Supply Chain Agility

Enabling Flexible and Responsive Supply Chain Operations

In today’s ever-changing world, supply chains need to respond effectively in turbulent and volatile global markets. The goal of supply chain agility is to respond quickly to that volatility without disrupting the performance of the supply chain. In addition, having an agile supply chain gives organizations a competitive advantage as it relates to organic growth for the organization.

In this course, Penn State Smeal College of Business professor, Steve Tracey, illustrates why agile companies achieve faster time to market, higher productivity in front-line sales staff, and spend more time on value-adding activities such as innovation, customer interaction, and problem-solving. Additionally, agile organizations recognize that individuals who care about their work and have meaningful interactions with fellow colleagues will outperform any process, too, or workflow.

Participants will have the opportunity to share insights around the strengths and weakness within their organization's supply chain, and discuss how to build agility into the culture of their team. They will also explore the different dimensions of agility and gain an understanding of how flexibility and responsiveness play a role in achieving agility.

This course features:

• 30-45 minutes of activities a day
• One 60-minute virtual live event with expert faculty
• Expert Guide support of questions, comments, and group engagement
• Supply Chain Agility Toolkit