Specialty Films, Membranes & Barrier Materials worked example

Packaging Damage Risk with damage severity if a barrier breach reaches the customer of 15 score: a worked example in specialty films, membranes & barrier materials

This scenario runs the packaging damage risk calculation on the strong side: damage severity if a barrier breach reaches the customer of 15 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when packaging damage risk in specialty films, membranes and barrier materials needs a defensible ranking against other specialty films, membranes and barrier materials risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Damage severity if a barrier breach reaches the customer: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood of packaging damage occurring: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Ability to detect damage before shipment: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where damage severity if a barrier breach reaches the customer 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.
  • Use it during packaging FMEA, PPAP, or a customer complaint review to decide which barrier or seal failure mode to address first. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Packaging damage risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Packaging damage risk severity score: 15 score
  • Packaging damage risk occurrence score: 4 score
  • Packaging damage risk detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Packaging Damage Risk calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.