With the fierce market competition and the development of
the information technology, it is very important for an
organization to meet the individuated need of the customers by
the use of appropriate supply chain strategies. We compared
lean production and agile manufacturing paradigms. Lean is
defined as “containing little fat,” whereas agile is defined as
“nimble”. Through considering the differences and similarities
between the two paradigms, we have shown that they should
not be considered in a progression or in isolation. Neither
paradigm is better nor worse than the other, indeed they can be
combined together to form a “leagile” supply chain.