Rare Earth Magnet & Motor Materials worked example

Inspection Bottleneck with defect severity if missed of 3 score: a worked example in rare earth magnet & motor materials

Suppose defect severity if missed falls to 3 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate inspection bottleneck for rare earth magnet and motor materials using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Defect Severity if Missed: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood of Inspection Backlog: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Detectability at Inspection: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Inspection bottleneck risk score = inspection bottleneck severity score × inspection bottleneck occurrence score × inspection bottleneck detection score.
  • Inspection bottleneck risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Inspection bottleneck severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Inspection bottleneck occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Inspection bottleneck detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where defect severity if missed sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence, and detection scores into a single risk priority number for a given inspection bottleneck. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Inspection bottleneck risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Inspection bottleneck severity score: 3 score
  • Inspection bottleneck occurrence score: 4 score
  • Inspection bottleneck detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Inspection Bottleneck calculator, set defect severity if missed to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.