Supplier Quality, Development & Audits worked example

Supplier Audit Readiness with audit finding impact severity of 3 score: a worked example

Suppose audit finding impact severity 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 supplier audit readiness for supplier quality, development and audits using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Audit finding impact severity (1-10): 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Audit nonconformance occurrence likelihood (1-10): 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Audit gap detection difficulty (1-10): 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

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

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 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence, and detection scores for a supplier audit readiness gap into one risk priority number for ranking pre-audit actions. 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

  • Supplier audit readiness risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Supplier audit readiness severity score: 3 score
  • Supplier audit readiness occurrence score: 4 score
  • Supplier audit readiness detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Supplier Audit Readiness calculator, set audit finding impact severity to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.