Over the last decades Zara introduced agile supply chain (ASC) in the fast fashion industry

and positioned itself third in the world retailers ranking. This came as a result of close

communication between customers and its designers and the ability to ship the desired

items in a week catching the sales moment. All these prove that ASC is an aspect enhancing

competition among organizations. Another lesson is that efficient production organization with

a good balance between in house and outsourcing task leads to minimum lead times and

increase in market share for Zara. The supply chain is not on an isolated agile process of Zara,

but indeed the whole organization is agile and working very efficient.

Lean Supply Chain vs Agile Supply Chain