What is importance of a characteristic in SAP QM - Quality Management?

SAP Term: importance of a characteristic

• Component: QM

• Component Name: Quality Management

• Description: The class differentiation between quality characteristics and inspection characteristics according to their importance. Weighting classes of inspection characteristics can be defined in the SAP system. A weighting factor for each weighting class can also be defined so that the inspection characteristics are arranged in order of importance.

Smart SAP Assistant

• Key Concepts: 
  A characteristic is an attribute of a material or product that can be used to differentiate it from other materials or products. In SAP Quality Management (QM), characteristics are used to define the quality requirements of a material or product. The importance of a characteristic is determined by how critical it is to the quality of the material or product. 
  
  How to use it: 
  In SAP QM, characteristics are used to define the quality requirements of a material or product. The importance of a characteristic is determined by how critical it is to the quality of the material or product. For example, if a characteristic is critical to the quality of a product, then it should be given a higher importance rating than other characteristics that are not as important. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When assigning importance ratings to characteristics, it is important to consider how critical each characteristic is to the quality of the material or product. It is also important to consider how much time and effort will be required to measure and monitor each characteristic. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on SAP QM and characteristics, please refer to the SAP Help Portal (https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/SAP_QM/).