Supplier Quality, Development & Audits worked example

Supplier Audit Readiness with audit finding impact severity of 15 score: a worked example

Push audit finding impact severity up to 15 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when supplier audit readiness in supplier quality, development and audits needs a defensible ranking against other supplier quality, development and audits risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Audit finding impact severity (1-10): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Audit nonconformance occurrence likelihood (1-10): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Audit gap detection difficulty (1-10): 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where audit finding impact 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.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence, and detection scores for a supplier audit readiness gap into one risk priority number for ranking pre-audit actions. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

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

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.