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Authors personal copy Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management DOI 10.1007/s40171-013-0039-4 Supply Chain Flexibility: A Frame Work of Research Dimensions Rohit Kr. Singh • P. Acharya Received: 20 December 2012 / Accepted: 17 June 2013 Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management 2013 Abstract The current business environment is becoming environment is becoming increasingly uncertain, unpre- increasingly uncertain, unpredictable, and competitive as a dictable, and competitive as a result increasingly more result increasingly more complex. In today’s highly complex. Increased competition means that companies face uncertain business environment, organisations always keep the dual challenge of cutting costs while being more themselves ready for facing any eventuality. This paper responsive to customers (Akkermans 2001). The highly presents a comprehensive review of flexibility literature volatile and dynamic nature of the contemporary business and presents integrated framework of supply chain flexi- environment forces many distributive firms to make bility. This framework will help present a comprehensive adaptations in channel relationships and to modify the rules scenario of research in the area. Dimensions of flexibility of exchange as circumstances change (Sezen and Yilmaz extracted from literature are made to fit into the broader 2007). Flexibility may be defined as the ability to change or framework of supply chain flexibility. This paper also react with little penalty in time, effort, cost or performance identifies the forces and dimensions of flexibility for (Upton 1994). Supply chain flexibility in terms of the achieving supply chain flexibility in organisation.