An Integrated Method of Supply Chains Vulnerability Assessment

Table 6

Corresponding meaning of semantic items.

Semantic items	Severity	Occurrence	Detection
Very low	Products are not affected	Failure hardly occurs	Almost all detected
Low	Products are slightly affected	Failure rarely occurs	The probability that failure is not detected is low
Little low	Some characteristics are slightly affected but product function properly	Failure occurs less	The probability that failure is not detected is relatively low
Medium	Product can be used, but some important characteristics are affected, while there is no dissatisfied customer	Failure occurs occasionally	Failure is not occasionally detected
Little high	Product can be used, but some important characteristics are affected strongly, some customers are not satisfied	Failure occurs frequently	Failure cannot be detected occurs frequently
High	Product has problems and has lost basic function	Failure occurs repeatedly	Failure most cannot be detected
Very high	Products are complete lost basic function, and threaten personal safety or violate laws	Failure is almost inevitable	Failure is almost undetectable