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Change Description  \n1. Objective  \n2. Area of Applicability  \n3. Definitions and Explanations  \n4. Proceedings and Procedures  \n4.1 General Steps  \n4.2 Responsibilities  \n4.3 Determination of Special Characteristics  \n4.4 Supplier Involvement  \n4.5 Documentation  \n5. List of Supporting Documents  \n6. Attachments  \nQuality Management & Project Quality QM-PQ  \nWritten on  \nAssinado de forma digital por Sandra Abreu Dados: 2023.06.06  \n15:39:48 +01'00'  \nQM-PQ – Sandra Abreu  \nApproved on  \n16739, Andreas Emmerich 2023.06.21 08:28:49 +02'00'  \nQM - Andreas Emmerich  \n0. Change Description  \nUpdated Roles to new organizational structure. Added info about storage location in Project Office in chapter 4.5.  \n1. Objective  \nHuf products must be safe and reliable, were  \n► Safety is the condition of being protected from danger, risk, or injury in the field, assembly, and production.  \n► Reliability is the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.  \nIn some cases, this may not be as robust as intended, that’s why the characteristics in a function must be determined and maintained systematically in all new development projects. These characteristics are Special Characteristics.  \nAs many as necessary, as little as possible.  \n2. Area of Applicability  \nHuf Group (if not limited in the “Corporate Documents Reference-Matrix”(s. CP-002)) .  \n3. Definitions and Explanations  \nCharacteristics  \nA Characteristic is a dimension or a physical, chemical, electrical, mechanical, or visual property. A Characteristic must be measurable, either directly or indirectly, either variable or attributive.  \nVariable Characteristics are quantitative data which can be measured, and the result is expressed in an absolute measurement reading e. g. Millimetres, Inches, Newton, etc.  \nAttributive Characteristics are qualitative data that are measured or counted resulting in conformance or non-conformance, pass or fail.  \nGeneral:  \n► All dimensions, specifications, and tolerances displayed on drawings are important and function related. According to ISO 8015, the limits of the functionality of a part are to be entered in the Technical Product Specification (e. g. drawing) as tolerance limits. Within the tolerance limits, the part functions at 100% .  \n► All part dimensions and specifications must meet requirements and be produced within tolerance.  \nSpecial Characteristics  \nSpecial Characteristics are characteristics that require special care and attention. The extra workload which may be involved with the heightened care and attention is justified by the possible consequences of a failure of the function.  \nSpecial Characteristics may be influenced by the manufacturing process (Huf and/or suppliers) and require appropriate controls to maintain the required process capability and achievement of requirements.  \nNOTE: Special Characteristics can include product characteristics or manufacturing process parameters. (In order to have a clear connection to the function, the product characteristic should be selected as the special characteristic that is directly linked to the chosen manufacturing process parameters; the process parameters corresponding to the selected product characteristic will be documented in the Control Plan.)  \nThere are two different types of Special Characteristics at Huf:  \nCritical Characteristics (CC)  \nare characteristics that may affect the:  \n► Safe vehicle and/or product function  \n► Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements  \n► Environmental requirements  \nThese Characteristics can originate from different sources e.g. , Design FMEA, Technical Safety Concept etc. , having a causal relationship to the effect of Potential failure modes rated 9-10 for severity.  \nPlease note: As long as a characteristic is not ultimately confirmed as a Critical Characte","cbCaipaupvw40ARl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipaupvw40ARl","pdf",1080344,15,"English","# 0. Change Description\n# 1. Objective\n# 2. Area of Applicability\n# 3. Definitions and Explanations\n## Characteristics\n## Special Characteristics\n## Special Characteristics Types (CC, SC)\n## Standard Characteristics\n## Process Capabilities and Indices\n## Pass Through Characteristics\n# 4. Proceedings and Procedures\n## 4.1 General Steps\n## 4.2 Responsibilities\n## 4.3 Determination of Special Characteristics\n## 4.4 Supplier Involvement\n## 4.5 Documentation\n# 5. List of Supporting Documents\n# 6. Attachments","[{\"question\":\"What are “Special Characteristics” and why are they determined systematically?\",\"answer\":\"Special Characteristics are characteristics that require special care and attention because the extra workload is justified by the consequences of a function failure. 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