Cathode Active Material & Precursor Manufacturing worked example

Supplier Risk with supply disruption severity of 15 score: a worked example in cathode active material & precursor manufacturing

What does the result look like when supply disruption severity reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when supplier risk in cathode active material and precursor manufacturing needs a defensible ranking against other cathode active material and precursor manufacturing risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supply disruption severity: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood of supply problem: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Likelihood incoming inspection misses it: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Battery-material supplier risk score = supplier impact severity score × supply occurrence score × incoming detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for battery-material supplier risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for supplier impact severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for supply occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for incoming detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where supply disruption severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when supply disruption severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It ranks relative risk on your scale — it does not price the financial exposure or replace a formal supplier audit and incoming-test method validation.

Results at a glance

  • Battery-material supplier risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Supplier impact severity score: 15 score
  • Supply occurrence score: 4 score
  • Incoming detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.