Advanced Technical Ceramics worked example

Ceramic Packaging Breakage Risk with breakage impact severity if it ships of 20 1-10: a worked example

What does the result look like when breakage impact severity if it ships reaches 20 1-10? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a quality or shipping engineer needs to assess whether ceramic parts need stronger packaging before shipment

The inputs for this scenario

  • Breakage impact severity if it ships: 20 1-10 (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 8)
  • Handling and transit breakage likelihood: 6 1-10 (unchanged)
  • Pre-ship damage detection difficulty: 5 1-10 (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Ceramic packaging breakage risk score = severity score × likelihood score × detection difficulty score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.35 score for ceramic packaging breakage risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20 1-10 for breakage impact severity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 1-10 for handling and transit likelihood.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5 1-10 for damage detection difficulty.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where breakage impact severity if it ships sits at 8 1-10 and the headline result is 6.55 score, this scenario comes in 73.28% above the baseline at 11.35 score.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when breakage impact severity if it ships is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The score is a relative ranking tool, not an absolute breakage probability; consistent 1-10 scoring rubrics across raters are required or the numbers aren't comparable.

Results at a glance

  • Ceramic packaging breakage risk score: 11.35 score (headline result)
  • Breakage impact severity: 20 1-10
  • Handling and transit likelihood: 6 1-10
  • Damage detection difficulty: 5 1-10

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Ceramic Packaging Breakage Risk calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.