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Table A1

Flexibility and agility capabilities in the manufacturing, logistics and transversal areas

Flexibility operational capability
Areas	Lower-order flexibility capabilities	References
Manufacturing or in product	FM1. Product mix	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Ghobakhloo and Azar (2018), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Swafford et al. (2008)
	FM2. Volume	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Devaraj et al. (2012), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Zhang et al. (2003)
	FM3. Mass customization	Katayama and Bennett (1999), Zhou et al. (2022)
	FM4. Machine flexibility	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Gupta (1993), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Logistics	FL1. Material supply flow (Physical supply flexibility)	Custodio and Machado (2020), Dolgui et al. (2019), Gu et al. (2015), Lee et al. (2020), Zhang et al. (2003)
	FL2. Routing capability (Physical distribution flexibility)	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Swafford et al. (2008), Zhang et al. (2003)

	FL3. Sourcing capability (Purchasing flexibility)	Custodio and Machado (2020), Devaraj et al. (2012), Forslund et al. (2020), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Transversal	FT1. Operations planning	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Chen et al. (2008), Fiasché et al. (2018), Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Transversal	FT2. Flexible process configuration

Flexibility operational capability
Areas	Lower-order flexibility capabilities	References
Manufacturing or in product	FM1. Product mix	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Ghobakhloo and Azar (2018), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Swafford et al. (2008)
	FM2. Volume	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Devaraj et al. (2012), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Zhang et al. (2003)
	FM3. Mass customization	Katayama and Bennett (1999), Zhou et al. (2022)
	FM4. Machine flexibility	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Gupta (1993), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Logistics	FL1. Material supply flow (Physical supply flexibility)	Custodio and Machado (2020), Dolgui et al. (2019), Gu et al. (2015), Lee et al. (2020), Zhang et al. (2003)
	FL2. Routing capability (Physical distribution flexibility)	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Sethi and Sethi (1990), Swafford et al. (2008), Zhang et al. (2003)

	FL3. Sourcing capability (Purchasing flexibility)	Custodio and Machado (2020), Devaraj et al. (2012), Forslund et al. (2020), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Transversal	FT1. Operations planning	Abdelilah et al. (2018), Chen et al. (2008), Fiasché et al. (2018), Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Sethi and Sethi (1990)
Transversal	FT2. Flexible process configuration

Agility operational capability
Areas	Lower-order agility capabilities	References
Manufacturing	AM1. Production speed	Chen et al. (2008), Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lei et al. (2017), Liu et al. (2017), Sharifi and Zhang (1999)
	AM2. Real-time decision-making	Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Zhou et al. (2022)
	AM3. Process speed	Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Lei et al. (2017), Liu et al. (2017), Zhang and Li (2012)
Logistics	AL1. Real-time route optimization	Cooper (2021), Liu (2019), Martins et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL2. Short delivery lead-time	Gu et al. (2015), Lee et al. (2020), Liu (2019), Martins et al. (2021), Swafford et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL3. Rapid adjustments to delivery capability	Gu et al. (2015), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Martins et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL4. Rapid improvements to delivery reliability	Martins et al. (2021), Sharifi and Zhang (1999), Swafford et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL5. Rapid material flows	Chen et al. (2008), Martins et al. (2021), Zhou et al. (2022)
Transversal	AT1. Rapid improvements to the operational capability to respond to changing market needs	Chen et al. (2008), Fiasché et al. (2018), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Liu et al. (2017), Swafford et al. (2008)
Transversal	AT2. Rapid production and/or process replanning

Agility operational capability
Areas	Lower-order agility capabilities	References
Manufacturing	AM1. Production speed	Chen et al. (2008), Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lei et al. (2017), Liu et al. (2017), Sharifi and Zhang (1999)
	AM2. Real-time decision-making	Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Zhou et al. (2022)
	AM3. Process speed	Gu et al. (2015), Jeong et al. (2006), Lee et al. (2020), Lei et al. (2017), Liu et al. (2017), Zhang and Li (2012)
Logistics	AL1. Real-time route optimization	Cooper (2021), Liu (2019), Martins et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL2. Short delivery lead-time	Gu et al. (2015), Lee et al. (2020), Liu (2019), Martins et al. (2021), Swafford et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL3. Rapid adjustments to delivery capability	Gu et al. (2015), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Martins et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL4. Rapid improvements to delivery reliability	Martins et al. (2021), Sharifi and Zhang (1999), Swafford et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2012)
	AL5. Rapid material flows	Chen et al. (2008), Martins et al. (2021), Zhou et al. (2022)
Transversal	AT1. Rapid improvements to the operational capability to respond to changing market needs	Chen et al. (2008), Fiasché et al. (2018), Katayama and Bennett (1999), Liu et al. (2017), Swafford et al. (2008)
Transversal	AT2. Rapid production and/or process replanning