Supplier Quality, Development & Audits worked example

Supplier Scorecard with failure severity rating of 15 score: a worked example in supplier quality, development & audits

Push failure severity rating up to 15 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when supplier scorecard 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

  • Failure severity rating (1-10): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Defect occurrence likelihood (1-10): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Detection difficulty rating (1-10): 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where failure severity rating 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 a supplier failure's severity, occurrence, and detection ratings into a single risk priority number for one scorecard line item. 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 scorecard risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Supplier scorecard severity score: 15 score
  • Supplier scorecard occurrence score: 4 score
  • Supplier scorecard detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.