The cases also showed that agile and robust supply chain strategies are neither
mutually exclusive nor applied independent of the broader context. While ceteris paribus the P1 and P2 hold true, utilization of the two strategies further has to be
aligned to the overall competitive strategy of the firm. This is especially important as
increasing agility and increasing robustness both requires the allocation of scarce
resources. It has carefully to be considered which level of agility and robustness
actually fits the competitive strategy, which defines, relative to competitors, which set of customer needs is sought to be satisfied in which way through products and
services (Chopra and Meindl, 2009).