Specialty Films, Membranes & Barrier Materials worked example

Supplier Risk with supplier failure severity of 15 score: a worked example in specialty films, membranes & barrier materials

What does the result look like when supplier failure severity reaches 15 score? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when supplier 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

  • Supplier failure severity: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Supply disruption occurrence: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Incoming-defect detection strength: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where supplier failure 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 supplier failure severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Being a product of ordinal scores it is non-linear and can mask which single factor is driving the risk, so read it alongside the underlying ratings.

Results at a glance

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

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.