Sarkis, J., A. Presley and D. Liles (1995). "Building a Business Case for Agility". 4th Agility Forum Conference, Atlanta, GA. Joseph Sarkis Automation & Robotics Research Institute The University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth, Texas, USA BUILDING A BUSINESS CASE FOR AGILITY Joseph Sarkis Assistant Professor Information Systems and Management Sciences The University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth, Texas Adrien Presley Research Engineer Automation & Robotics Research Institute The University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth, Texas D.H. Liles Professor Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering The University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth, Texas ABSTRACT Agility is increasingly being seen as a prerequisite for continued competitiveness in the changing global marketplace. However, many of the technological and organizational changes required in making the migration to agility are radical and strategic in nature. Attempting to justify many of these pervasive changes is difficult using currently available techniques, especially those which focus solely on traditional economic criteria. The failure to consider strategic and long term benefits of agility can lead to the failure of manufacturers to adopt these required changes. This paper will discuss how the migration to agility can be justified from a business perspective using a business "case" methodology for the strategic justification of enterprise integration technologies.