The strategic importance of process selection to an organization. -The reasons that it is important for companies to synchronize their internal processes with the external processes of their supply chain partners. -The strategies that companies can take to address the legal, ethical, and sustainability issues in process design and layout planning.

Can you help me to understand and catch the main concepts of following questions?

Q1: Why might an organization consider using agile manufacturing? What pressures could the firm be facing? What advantages and disadvantages would the firm receive from using it ?

Q2: Comparisons he ideas of lean with the 5S framework. How do they complement each other? How do you see them as distinct approaches?

I found some materials from youtube but still can't catch the main idea due to my second language barrier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHGTCXcJQU

https://mycourses.cityu.edu/d2l/le/lessons/14855/topics/532532

https://mycourses.cityu.edu/d2l/le/lessons/14855/topics/532533