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Agile manufacturing is a new expression that is used to represent the ability of a producer of goods and services to thrive in the face of continuous change. Theses changes can occur in markets, in technologies, in business relationships and in all faces of the business enterprise. Particularly, the ability to respond quickly and effectively to satisfy customers has become a defining characteristic of competitiveness for all manufacturing companies. While there has been much publicity about the concept of agile manufacturing, achieving agility in manufacturing companies has proved to be extremely challenging. One of the fundamental factors contributing to this difficulty is that no manufacturing company can function in isolation: every company is inevitably integrated within a complex supply chain network where it plays the roles of both customer and vendor to other companies. Hence, a manufacturing company cannot become agile unless its relationships with the supply chain are also agile. The key to supply chain improvement is to link supply chain strategy to the overall business strategy. A seven-step process for implementing supply chain strategy can be suggested. That is 1) Determine supply chain strategies. 2) Identify and prioritize improvement opportunities. 3) Define supply chain goals and key performance indicators. 4) Develop detailed work plans. 5) Periodically review performance achievement. 6) Execute plans to achieve results. 7) Monitor progress and make adjustments.