The paper summarizes the connotation of SC flexibility,divides it into different basic types and finds out its key driving factors in order to form a conceptual frame.

• 首先对供应链柔性的内涵进行归纳,接着区分出供应链柔性的基本类型,并识别出供应链柔性的关键驱动因素,从而形成一个供应链柔性的概念性框架。