STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT   ... For example, imagine we apply the Agility Strategic Framework in your company. We recommend that a materials resource planning tool is essential to keep your company operations running smoothly. This approach allows you to measure and evaluate varying demand for your components, and on the basis of this information, you decide strategically whether it is advantageous to build the components in-house or purchase them from a supplier.   As customer orders fluctuate, demand profiles are more difficult to estimate. After applying the framework again, we might identify strategies to make you considerably more flexible (e.g. mass customisation). On this basis, we might conclude that a just-in-time approach is necessary so that you manufacture the necessary quantitites in small batches.