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AIAG continues to stand with the industry — just as we stand by our commitment to deliver valuable content to our colleagues throughout the supply chain. We know it’s a challenging time to travel, so AIAG’s always popular IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference on October 13–14, 2020, will be VIRTUAL — and registration is open NOW.

AIAG’s new Health and Safety Advisory Committee is conducting a short survey on our industry’s most pressing Health and Safety (H&S) concerns, and we want to hear from you!

With 89 percent of small businesses moving to a remote workforce during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, a significant gap remains between the perceived importance of cybersecurity protections for businesses with fewer than 10 employees and those with more than 10 employees. The smaller the business, the smaller the focus on cybersecurity, according to a new survey of 400 small business owners, conducted by the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI).

Coming August 2020!

The new CQI-12 Special Process: Coating System Assessment was developed to help better evaluate quality systems at coating shops supplying OEM automotive coatings. Now in it’s third edition, the Coating System Assessment has been updated and revised for greater clarity, and to include the ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016 Quality Management System concepts, “process approach” and “risk management.”

As we continue to update and develop our Core Tools Support (CTS) software to improve the user experience, we’re excited to announce the addition of two new support features on our main CTS webpage, and a new task screen in the software itself!

AIAG is on track to kick off its new USMCA training course in August and has created a new webpage and webcast to provide key information for those interested in learning more.

The course is designed to help auto industry professionals get up to speed on the major changes they must navigate as part of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement. The USMCA replaces NAFTA and took effect July 1, 2020. The changes include new country of origin rules and what’s required for duty-free treatment under USMCA, new labor value content requirements, and redefined categories for automotive parts.

AIAG’s annual Customs Town Hall is now open for registration.

Scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, 2020, participants will receive the most current information on:

• Automotive-specific issues on USMCA implementation
• CTPAT new minimum supply chain security criteria, including forced labor, agriculture, cybersecurity, security vision, and responsibility
• Export control issues potentially impacting autonomous vehicles and other driver-assist technologies
• BIS/OFAC regulatory updates

Dear CTPAT Member,

All partners are aware that CTPAT implemented the new Minimum Security Criteria (MSC) in 2020. The CTPAT security profile was taken offline for several months in order to update the security profile with the new MSC.  The security profile is now back online and open for new submissions. Per the CTPAT partnership agreement, partners must complete and submit an updated security profile once a year. The CTPAT anniversary date is used as the security profile due date.  The anniversary date is located on the main login screen once you log into your CTPAT account. All security profile questions were uploaded to the Public Library several months ago in order for each company to prepare for this transition.  In addition, each company has a security profile PDF document in the Partner Document Exchange section of the portal for easy reference to the last profile that was completed.

Originally published by AIAG and Odette, the “Key Performance Indicators for Global Materials Management and Logistics” guideline was intended to reduce confusion and unnecessary administrative work for suppliers by eliminating the need for each automotive company to create their own materials management and logistics KPIs.

Back by popular demand! If you’ve been hoping to snag a (virtual) seat at our Global MMOG/LE V5 Training – Express course, now’s the time: we just added three new WebEx sessions through the end of 2020!