Contract Manufacturing, Job Shop Quoting & Make-to-Order worked example

Order Complexity Score with order complexity impact score of 4 score: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop order complexity impact score to 4 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Score complexity risk for a make-to-order customer job.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Order complexity impact score: 4 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 8)
  • Complexity likelihood score: 6 score (held at the documented default)
  • Complexity detection difficulty score: 5 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: order complexity risk score = order complexity impact score × complexity likelihood score × complexity detection difficulty score.
  • order complexity risk score works out to 4.95 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • order complexity impact score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • complexity likelihood score works out to 6 score at these inputs.
  • complexity detection difficulty score works out to 5 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where order complexity impact score sits at 8 score and the headline result is 6.55 score, this scenario comes in 24.43% below the baseline at 4.95 score.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to order complexity impact score, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Multiplicative RPN-style scores are ordinal, not linear - a 200 is not literally twice as risky as a 100, and equal scores can hide very different risk profiles, so review the component scores, not just the product.

Results at a glance

  • order complexity risk score: 4.95 score (headline result)
  • order complexity impact score: 4 score
  • complexity likelihood score: 6 score
  • complexity detection difficulty score: 5 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Order Complexity Score calculator, set order complexity impact score to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.