Critical Characteristic
Quality
Critical Characteristic
Characteristic whose nonconformance can significantly affect safety, legal compliance or essential product function.
Examples
- 01The airbag bracket weld is a critical characteristic, so it is checked by destructive testing every shift and recorded per batch.
- 02During the supplier audit, every critical characteristic must be traceable from the drawing through the PFMEA to the control plan.
- 03When a critical characteristic is found out of tolerance, production stops and all parts since the last good check are quarantined.