Implantable Electronics & Neurodevices worked example

Supplier Screening Cost at 92% supplier screening sampling scope: a worked example in implantable electronics & neurodevices

Push supplier screening sampling scope up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when procurement, supplier quality, or operations needs to cost enhanced inspection for batteries, feedthroughs, electrodes, ceramics, PCBs, or biocompatible materials.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supplier lots or component sets screened: 18 lots (unchanged)
  • Screening cost per lot or set: 640 $ / lot (unchanged)
  • Supplier screening sampling scope: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Supplier qualification and audit adders: 3,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable supplier screening cost = supplier lots or component sets screened × screening cost per lot or set × supplier screening sampling scope) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14,098 $ for total supplier screening cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 783 $ / device for supplier screening cost per screened lot.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10,598 $ for variable supplier screening cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,500 $ for supplier qualification and audit adders.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where supplier screening sampling scope sits at 80% and the headline result is 12,716 $, this scenario comes in 10.87% above the baseline at 14,098 $.
  • It computes the total cost of screening incoming supplier lots by combining variable per-lot test cost scaled by sampling scope with fixed supplier qualification and audit adders. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total supplier screening cost: 14,098 $ (headline result)
  • Supplier screening cost per screened lot: 783 $ / device
  • Variable supplier screening cost: 10,598 $
  • Supplier qualification and audit adders: 3,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Supplier Screening Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.