Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

Quote Accuracy Score with quote error severity rating of 18 score: a worked example in configure-to-order & product configuration

This scenario runs the quote accuracy score calculation on the strong side: quote error severity rating of 18 score, with every other input held at its documented default. prioritizing controls that improve quote accuracy

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quote error severity rating: 18 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 7)
  • Quote error occurrence rating: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Quote error detection difficulty rating: 5 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Quote Accuracy Score risk priority score = quote accuracy severity score × quote accuracy occurrence score × quote accuracy detection difficulty score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9.85 score for quote accuracy score risk priority score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 score for quote accuracy severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for quote accuracy occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5 score for quote accuracy detection difficulty score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where quote error severity rating sits at 7 score and the headline result is 5.45 score, this scenario comes in 80.73% above the baseline at 9.85 score.
  • Use it when reviewing configurator rules, auditing quote errors, or prioritizing which quoting failure modes to fix in a CPQ improvement sprint. 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

  • quote accuracy score risk priority score: 9.85 score (headline result)
  • quote accuracy severity score: 18 score
  • quote accuracy occurrence score: 4 score
  • quote accuracy detection difficulty score: 5 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.