Hospital Equipment & Clinical Furniture worked example

Supplier Risk with severity of supplier failure impact of 3.5 score (1-10): a worked example in hospital equipment & clinical furniture

This worked example runs the supplier risk numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: severity of supplier failure impact of 3.5 score (1-10) instead of the typical 7 score (1-10). Score supplier risk for a clinical furniture or hospital equipment component supplier using severity, occurrence, and detection ratings to produce a risk priority number for supplier review and sourcing decisions.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity of supplier failure impact: 3.5 score (1-10) (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 7)
  • Occurrence rate of supplier failures: 3 score (1-10) (held at the documented default)
  • Detection capability for supplier issues: 4 score (1-10) (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Supplier risk priority number = severity × occurrence × detection.
  • Supplier risk priority number works out to 3.45 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Supplier failure severity score works out to 3.5 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier failure occurrence score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier issue detection score works out to 4 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity of supplier failure impact sits at 7 score (1-10) and the headline result is 4.85 score, this scenario comes in 28.87% below the baseline at 3.45 score.
  • Use it during supplier qualification, annual vendor reviews, or whenever you must prioritize limited audit and dual-sourcing resources across many suppliers. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Supplier risk priority number: 3.45 score (headline result)
  • Supplier failure severity score: 3.5 score
  • Supplier failure occurrence score: 3 score
  • Supplier issue detection score: 4 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.