BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Agility
- the organizational capability to be flexible, responsive, adaptive, and show initiative in times of change and uncertainty. Agility has origins in manufacturing and has been cited as a source of competitive advantage by many management gurus, including Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Tom Peters. One writer who has explored the concept of agility in greater depth is Richard Pascale, for whom the key to agility lies in what the organization is, as opposed to what it does. Agility grew as a reaction against the slowness of bureaucratic organizations to respond to changing market conditions. The virtual organization has been quoted as one extreme example of an agile organization.
Wiktionary Definition for: Agility
- The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.
Additional Resources
- The Essence Of Business Agility
- In this cutthroat, weakness-revealing economy, companies can no longer afford to ignore the problem of managerial procrastination, so the case for agility is obvious. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the article suggests that line managers represent the basic building blocks of agility and lists three emerging prerequisites for corporate agility. It...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Army Awards Team Led by Agility DGS Supply Management Contract
- The U.S. Army gave a team of companies headed by Agility DGS a contract to supply repair parts for a variety of electronic systems that are serviced at Tobyhanna Depot in Pennsylvania. MarketWatch.com reports that Agility has IBM and three smaller companies on their team. The contract has...
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Agility Systems wins new contract with technology distributor Westcon Group.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2008-Agility Systems: Agility Systems wins new contract with technology distributor Westcon GroupC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042008 Northeast-based Agility Systems has won a major contract to provide specialist software solutions to Westcon Group,one of Europe's leading...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- Agility Communications Enters Japanese Market Through Strategic Partnership With Nissho Electronics Corporation
- Business Editors and High Tech Writers SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 26, 2002 Widely Tunable Laser Leader Broadens Distribution into Asia-Pacific Market Agility CommunicationsTM, Inc., the leader in providing widely tunable lasers for the metro-core, switching, and long-haul markets, announced today a strategic partnership with Nissho Electronics...
- Research articles 2002-02-26
- Speed Utilizes Quicksilver Agility VOD Workstation
- Wireless News 03-10-2006 Speed Utilizes Quicksilver Agility VOD Workstation WIRELESS NEWS-March 10, 2006-Speed Utilizes Quicksilver Agility VOD Workstation C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Anystream and SeaChange International announced that Speed -- home of NASCAR TV and many...
- Research articles 2006-03-10
- Hutchison 3G Austria Leverages Anystream Agility Video Solution
- Wireless News 09-10-2004 Hutchison 3G Austria Leverages Anystream Agility Video Solution WIRELESS NEWS-10 September 2004-Hutchison 3G Austria Leverages Anystream Agility Video Solution C2004 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com Anystream this week announced that Hutchison 3G Austria, Austria's...
- Research articles 2004-09-10
- Agility Healthcare Solutions Demos Tracking Software at HIMSS Show
- Wireless News 02-27-2008 Agility Healthcare Solutions Demos Tracking Software at HIMSS Show WIRELESS NEWS-February 27, 2008-Agility Healthcare Solutions Demos Tracking Software at HIMSS Show C2008 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com Agility Healthcare Solutions announced that it is demonstrating its AgileTrac Mobile...
- Research articles 2008-02-27
- Charting the Path to Enterprise Agility
- Business analysts and technology vendors alike are heralding the arrival of the next phase of evolution in business computing. It is being fueled by a new generation of IT systems, business process outsourcing options and industry standards. This new phase goes by many names, including business process fusion, real-time enterprise,...
- White papers 2005-03-18
- BPO Viewpoint: When Agility Outweighs Efficiency
- Agility may soon overtake efficiency in terms of its importance to businesses and government. Business process outsourcing BPO is one of the keys to maintaining agility, but BPO must mature into transformational and business-utility relationships. This white paper describes how the most innovative outsourcing approaches will provide visibility into the...
- White papers 2004-04-05
- Managing Rules (And Achieving Agility) With Business Process Management
- The pressure is on for IT to deliver applications that can change on a dime - evolving as quickly as the business evolves even in the face of uncertain requirements. To address these challenges, new programming models - such as extreme programming and iterative development - have emerged. The primary...
- White papers 2006-01-31
- Agility Through Scenario Development And Continuous Implementation
- This paper examines a business and IS/IT initiative at Volvo that involves managing the development and implementation of an agile aftermarket supply chain. The case is based on Volvo's global initiative to create a platform, Web services, and a Web portal for selling spare parts over the Internet. Creating and...
- White papers 2006-01-09
- The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance
- Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational units. But one common thread persists: the accelerating speed of change....
- White papers 2007-11-16
- HOOVER'S NEW VAC HAS FANCY MOVES.(Hoover Associates Inc.)(Hoover Agility - deep cleaner)(Brief Article)
- Hoover would like to remind dirt-phobic consumers that vacuuming a carpet is not enough. The company will have a new hot-water extractor in stores this fall to get carpets deep cleaned. The Hoover Agility deep cleaner is designed to be easily ... Hoover would...
- Research articles 2004-09-06
- Redefining the workplace with agility.(Gartner Inc. report)(Brief Article)
- Companies can make strategic changes to adapt to the shifting definition of a workplace from emphasizing place to emphasizing and enabling work regardless of place. "Agility -- or the ability of physical spaces, IT systems, and managemen Companies...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Nissan North America Selects i2 Solutions to Help Enable Business Agility
- DALLAS -- i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC:ITWH), a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility, announced today that Nissan North America, Inc. NNA a division of global automaker Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., selected i2 solutions in the fourth quarter of 2004 to help enable business agility.
- Research articles 2005-05-31
- JDSU buys tunable laser provider Agility
- JDS Uniphase of San Jose, California, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Agility Communications Inc. of Santa Barbara, California, a provider of widely tunable laser solutions for the optical network. The acquisition establishes JDS Uniphase's leJDS Uniphase of San Jose, California, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Agility Communications Inc....
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- SAP Co-CEO Henning Kagermann Cites "Strategic Agility" as Key Business Success Factor in 2008 and Beyond
- According to Henning Kagermann, co-CEO of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), "strategic agility" is the number-one cornerstone of a successful business in 2008 and beyond. Addressing capacity crowds totaling 25,000 CEOs, IT executives and users from customer and partner organizations at the first SAPPHIRE® conferences to welcome Business Objects as a...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Ciena's CoreStream Agility to Support Efficient Delivery of High-Growth Broadband Services for TELMEX; Long-Haul WDM Solution Added to Ciena Suite of Products Deployed in Telefonos de Mexico's Nationwide Long-Distance Network
- LINTHICUM, Md. -- CienaR Corporation (Nasdaq:CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that CoreStreamR Agility Optical Transmission System has been selected for deployment in Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V.'s TELMEX (NYSE:TMX) nationwide long-distance network. As a strategic vendor to TELMEX, Mexico's leading telecommunications service provider, Ciena is providing the value...
- Research articles 2006-02-07
- Latest news and brief from Transport Intelligence; Agility rides a tidal wave of Pentagon money.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 July 2007-Transport Intelligence Ltd: Latest news and brief from Transport Intelligence; Agility rides a tidal wave of Pentagon moneyC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02072007 Agility appears to have won yet another spectacularly large tranche of business from the Pentagon. ...
- Research articles 2007-07-02
- ACCC not to relieve Alinta of its undertaking to divest Agility service contracts.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 September 2006-ACCC: ACCC not to relieve Alinta of its undertaking to divest Agility service contractsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29092006 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided not to relieve Alinta of the requirement to divest the Agility service...
- Research articles 2006-09-29
