Bicycles, E-Bikes & Micromobility worked example

Supplier Risk Score with component defect severity rating of 4 score: a worked example in bicycles, e-bikes & micromobility

This worked example runs the supplier risk score numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: component defect severity rating of 4 score instead of the typical 8 score. Score bicycle, e-bike, scooter, or component supplier risk using severity, occurrence, and detection ratings from quality and supply data.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Component defect severity rating: 4 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 8)
  • Defect occurrence frequency rating: 5 score (held at the documented default)
  • Inspection detection difficulty rating: 6 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Supplier risk priority score = supplier issue severity score × supplier issue occurrence score × supplier issue detection score.
  • Supplier risk priority score works out to 4.85 risk score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Supplier issue severity score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier issue occurrence score works out to 5 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier issue detection score works out to 6 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where component defect severity rating sits at 8 score and the headline result is 6.45 risk score, this scenario comes in 24.81% below the baseline at 4.85 risk score.
  • Use it during supplier qualification, annual vendor reviews, or after a quality escape to decide where containment and audit effort goes first. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Supplier risk priority score: 4.85 risk score (headline result)
  • Supplier issue severity score: 4 score
  • Supplier issue occurrence score: 5 score
  • Supplier issue detection score: 6 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Supplier Risk Score calculator, set component defect severity rating to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.