Circular Economy, Recycling & Remanufacturing worked example

Product Lifecycle Recovery Score with recovery impact severity score of 18 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the product lifecycle recovery score calculation on the strong side: recovery impact severity score of 18 score, with every other input held at its documented default. a team needs to prioritize redesign, documentation, or take-back controls for a product lifecycle recovery risk

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovery impact severity score: 18 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 7)
  • Recovery barrier occurrence score: 5 score (unchanged)
  • Current detection and control weakness score: 6 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Product Lifecycle Recovery Score score = recovery impact severity score × recovery barrier occurrence score × current detection and control weakness score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10.45 score for product lifecycle recovery score score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 score for recovery impact severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5 score for recovery barrier occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 score for current detection and control weakness score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recovery impact severity score sits at 7 score and the headline result is 6.05 score, this scenario comes in 72.73% above the baseline at 10.45 score.
  • Use it during design reviews or end-of-life audits to rank recovery barriers and prioritize design-for-disassembly fixes. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Product Lifecycle Recovery Score score: 10.45 score (headline result)
  • Recovery impact severity score: 18 score
  • Recovery barrier occurrence score: 5 score
  • Current detection and control weakness score: 6 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Product Lifecycle Recovery Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.