Reshoring & Tariff Strategy worked example

Freight Risk Savings with freight risk savings severity score of 3 score: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop freight risk savings severity score to 3 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate freight risk savings for reshoring and tariff strategy using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Freight risk savings severity score: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Freight risk savings occurrence score: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Freight risk savings detection score: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where freight risk savings severity score 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.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to freight risk savings severity score, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Like all RPN methods, equal scores can mask very different risks; a high-severity, low-occurrence lane and the reverse can produce the same number, so review the components, not just the total.

Results at a glance

  • Freight risk savings risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Freight risk savings severity score: 3 score
  • Freight risk savings occurrence score: 4 score
  • Freight risk savings detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Freight Risk Savings calculator, set freight risk savings severity score to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.