Abstract

Supply chains are an integral part of modern business environments that are highly dynamic in nature. Agility is a crucial concept in this regard since it determines the ability of a business to adapt its operations in a quick and effective manner to the evolving market conditions along with customer demands. There was a need for finding how agility in the supply chains of both business enterprises and humanitarian organizations can be improved to address the unique challenges and demands of the modern business and humanitarian landscape. Further, there was a scope to study the novel approaches and collaborative strategies can be employed to foster supply chain agility, considering the distinctive requirements of business enterprises and humanitarian organizations in the modern business environment. The present research aimed at exploring strategies for enhancing agility in the supply chains of both business enterprises and humanitarian organizations in the US. The study was secondary in nature and considered qualitative data collection and subsequent thematic analysis. It was found that agility has a pivotal role to play in both business and humanitarian organizations against a constantly changing global economy and political settings. If organizations take an initiative to move beyond conventional business models that focus on costs and speed, they would be able to have responsive supply chain practices. The outcome would be that companies would be uniquely positioned to compete in this highly competitive and challenging marketplace and achieve the set organizational objectives. Recommendations have been provided at the end for modern businesses and organizations to consider and enable agile supply chains

Keywords

Agility, Supply Chain, Business, Humanitarian Organizations