Supplier Quality, Development & Audits worked example

Supplier Capability Gap with capability gap impact severity of 3 score: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop capability gap impact severity to 3 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate supplier capability gap 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

  • Capability gap impact severity (1-10): 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Capability gap occurrence likelihood (1-10): 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Capability 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 capability gap risk score = supplier capability gap severity score × supplier capability gap occurrence score × supplier capability gap detection score.
  • Supplier capability gap risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Supplier capability gap severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier capability gap occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Supplier capability gap detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where capability gap 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.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to capability gap impact severity, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. RPN is ordinal, not linear — a score of 120 is not twice as urgent as 60 — and it can hide a critical high-severity gap behind a low occurrence or detection score, so always review severity on its own too.

Results at a glance

  • Supplier capability gap risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Supplier capability gap severity score: 3 score
  • Supplier capability gap occurrence score: 4 score
  • Supplier capability gap detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Supplier Capability Gap calculator, set capability gap impact severity to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.