Surgical Robotics Manufacturing worked example

Supplier Risk with supplier-failure severity of 15 score: a worked example in surgical robotics manufacturing

Push supplier-failure severity up to 15 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when supplier risk in surgical robotics manufacturing needs a defensible ranking against other surgical robotics manufacturing risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supplier-failure severity (impact on the surgical system): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Supplier-failure occurrence (likelihood of nonconformance or disruption): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Supplier-failure detection (chance incoming QC catches it): 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.
  • It computes a risk priority number by multiplying the severity, occurrence, and detection scores for a specific supplier or purchased-part failure mode. 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 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.