Cathode Active Material & Precursor Manufacturing worked example

Supplier Risk with supply disruption severity of 3 score: a worked example in cathode active material & precursor manufacturing

Suppose supply disruption severity falls to 3 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Score supplier risk for critical CAM and precursor inputs such as nickel, cobalt, manganese sulfates, lithium hydroxide, dopants, coating materials, and packaging.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supply disruption severity: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood of supply problem: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Likelihood incoming inspection misses it: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Battery-material supplier risk score = supplier impact severity score × supply occurrence score × incoming detection score.
  • Battery-material supplier risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Supplier impact severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Supply occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Incoming detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

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 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It multiplies supplier impact severity, supply occurrence and incoming detection scores into a single battery-material supplier risk score. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Battery-material supplier risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Supplier impact severity score: 3 score
  • Supply occurrence score: 4 score
  • Incoming detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.