Unlike supply chain resilience – which focuses on recovery after a disruption – supply chain flexibility is the capacity to adjust volumes, routes, and sourcing quickly and cost-efficiently as conditions shift, before a crisis fully materializes.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/supply-chain-flexibility
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