Surgical Robotics Manufacturing worked example

Supplier Risk with supplier-failure severity of 3 score: a worked example in surgical robotics manufacturing

Suppose supplier-failure 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 risk for surgical robotics manufacturing using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supplier-failure severity (impact on the surgical system): 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Supplier-failure occurrence (likelihood of nonconformance or disruption): 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Supplier-failure detection (chance incoming QC catches it): 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

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

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 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It computes a risk priority number by multiplying the severity, occurrence, and detection scores for a specific supplier or purchased-part failure mode. 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 risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Supplier risk severity score: 3 score
  • Supplier risk occurrence score: 4 score
  • Supplier risk detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Supplier Risk calculator, set supplier-failure severity to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.