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The Global Automotive Purchasing and Supply Chain Network – also known as GAPSCN – began as a collaborative venture between AIAG and Wayne State University’s Mike Ilitch School of Business to develop talent and innovation in global automotive purchasing and supply chain management. Today, industry professionals partner with academic faculty to provide community college, undergraduate, graduate and adult continuing education students with “real world” automotive case studies, best practices, knowledge assessments and standards.

Whether you've been following along since we first announced the new AIAG Core Tools Support™ (CTS) software or are just now learning about this unique cloud-based solution for authoring and managing FMEA, Control Plan and PPAP documents, you won't want to miss our next update webinar! This webinar will take place on October 14, 2019 at 11:00 p.m. EDT (i.e., October 15, 2019 at 11 a.m. China Standard Time - CST) for participants in Asia, and on October 17, 2019 at 2:00 PM EDT for participants in North America. 

As IATF 16949:2016 reaches its three-year anniversary, auditors with an active AIAG Supplier Auditor Certificate will need to renew their certificates before they expire. To make that renewal process as quick and painless as possible, AIAG is now offering an AIAG IATF 16949:2016 Supplier Auditor Recertification Exam,* allowing current holders of an AIAG Supplier Auditor Certificate to renew their certificate without taking the three or five day class.

Marc A. Brazeau was appointed head of logistics for FCA US LLC in July 2017. In this position, he is responsible for logistics and transportation activities to support the entire FCA US manufacturing footprint, including shipment of finished vehicles, inbound transportation of manufacturing parts and materials, and operating FCA Transport, the FCA US-owned truck fleet.

Mark Hirzel brings over 30 years of customs brokerage and logistics experience to his position as export manager-customs in the Trade Services department of the Finance division for American Honda Motor Company. After earning his individual customs brokerage license in 1989, Hirzel held a variety of operational, compliance, and management positions in the customs brokerage and freight-forwarding industry.

Last month, for the third year in a row, AIAG collaborated with the South Carolina Automotive Council (SCAC) to bring automotive supply chain programs and messaging to a new audience – the southeastern U.S. region – during the 2019 AIAG/SCAC Supply Chain and Quality Conference.

As IATF 16949:2016 reaches its three-year anniversary, auditors with an active AIAG Supplier Auditor Certificate will need to renew their certificates before they expire. To make that renewal process as quick and painless as possible, AIAG is now offering an AIAG IATF 16949:2016 Supplier Auditor Recertification Exam.*

Customs Town Hall Keynoter Pete Mento will talk about how export controls are going to tighten, the role of cybersecurity in international trade, and why automakers need contingency plans for things that they didn’t need before.

In partnership with NQC, a global leader in cyberthreat detection, AIAG has launched a new Supply Safe™: Cyber Initiative in support of industry efforts to protect shared data throughout the supply chain.

As previously announced, AIAG and the South Carolina Automotive Council (SCAC) are partnering for a third year on their highly successful Supply Chain and Quality Conference. Scheduled for September 12 – 13, 2019, at the Trident Technical College in North Charleston, South Carolina, this unique and dynamic event covers the most relevant topics in supply chain and quality and is designed to benefit automotive companies of all sizes.