Research Article

Global Production Planning Process considering the Supply Risk of Overseas Manufacturing Sites

Table 3

Step-by-step results of supply capacity estimation process.

(a) Ideal supply capacities without considering any risks
September ()October ()November ()December ()

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(b) Judgments of the experts on the timing of risk
September ()October ()November ()December ()

Expert 1At the beginning of the monthIn about three weeksNo riskAt the beginning of the month
Expert 2In about one weekIn about three weeksNo riskIn about one week
Expert 3In about one weekIn about two weeksNo riskIn about two weeks

(c) Judgments of the experts on the impact of risk
September ()October ()November ()December ()

Expert 1LargeSmallNo riskExtremely large
Expert 2MediumNoneNo riskLarge
Expert 3LargeSmallNo riskExtremely large

(d) The integrated fuzzy numbers for both the timing and impact of risk
September ()October ()November ()December ()

Timing of risk(0, 0.67, 2)(1, 2.67, 4)(4, 4, 4)(0, 1, 3)
Impact of risk(0, 1.33, 3)(2, 3.33, 4)(4, 4, 4)(0, 0.33, 2)

(e) The converted crisp numbers for both timing and impact of risk
September ()October ()November ()December ()

Timing of risk0.7332.63341.1
Impact of risk1.3663.26640.466

(f) The final estimated supply capacities
September ()October ()November ()December ()

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