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Compliance Audit Readiness with nonconformity severity of 15 score: a worked example

What does the result look like when nonconformity severity reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when compliance audit readiness in product compliance, labeling and certification needs a defensible ranking against other product compliance, labeling and certification risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Nonconformity severity (impact if found in audit): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood of the gap existing at audit time: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Chance the gap is caught before the auditor finds it: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where nonconformity severity 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.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when nonconformity severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The score only ranks risks relative to each other on the same scale; a high number does not guarantee a finding, and multiplication can hide a critical high-severity item behind a low occurrence score.

Results at a glance

  • Compliance audit readiness risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Compliance audit readiness severity score: 15 score
  • Compliance audit readiness occurrence score: 4 score
  • Compliance audit readiness detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Compliance Audit Readiness calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.