PLM, BOM & Digital Thread worked example

Digital Thread Gap Score with severity if the digital-thread gap causes an error of 15 score: a worked example

Push severity if the digital-thread gap causes an error up to 15 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when digital thread gap in plm, bom and digital thread needs a defensible ranking against other plm, bom and digital thread risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if the digital-thread gap causes an error: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood the digital-thread gap occurs: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Chance the gap is detected before impact: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Digital thread gap risk score = digital thread gap severity score × digital thread gap occurrence score × digital thread gap detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for digital thread gap risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for digital thread gap severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for digital thread gap occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for digital thread gap detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if the digital-thread gap causes an error sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • It computes a risk priority number for one digital-thread gap by multiplying its severity, occurrence, and detection scores on a common scale. 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

  • Digital thread gap risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Digital thread gap severity score: 15 score
  • Digital thread gap occurrence score: 4 score
  • Digital thread gap detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.