Powering Performance

In celebration of AIAG’s 36^th anniversary, and in recognition of all of our wonderful members, we’re throwing a party! Read on for more details about this unique membership appreciation event, or visit our event page to register!

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Attendees to AIAG’s 7^th Annual Conflict Minerals Industry Briefing on June 12, 2018, got a clear message from many of the speakers: Many companies in the automotive industry have moved beyond reporting for compliance and have taken a stance on responsible mineral sourcing as part of an overall corporate responsibility policy.

To learn about the best practices, plan to attend the 2018 IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference on September 26–27, 2018, at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.

“Why don’t we get credit for all the good things we do?” asked a CEO of Mark Kramer. As a cofounder and a managing director of the social-impact consulting firm FSG and a lecturer at Harvard Business School, Kramer is an authority who should have a good answer — and he does.

At the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Integrity Forum in March 2017, the OECD concluded that a narrow focus on anti-corruption and fraud prevention has proven insufficient, and companies must broaden their approach to building “cultures of integrity.” Since then, social and political dynamics have further sharpened the need for companies to rethink corporate purpose, values, and ethics beyond compliance. In other words, it is time to launch Corporate Integrity 2.0.

On April 10, GRI and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) announced a project to help companies improve their minerals sourcing due diligence and impact reporting by providing reporting resources and tools based on internationally recognized frameworks.

The AIAG Core Tool Software (CTS) Project is making great progress with the help of several dedicated volunteers. The project team is focused on improving the former XLS based Core Tools Software Disc with an “Excel like” front end supported by a robust database backend.

Special process components’ quality, reliability, and durability can be compromised by variation in the process itself – and since the resulting defects aren’t easily detected prior to use, faulty components can get passed on to the end user, resulting in field actions and warranty claims.

If you’re one of those auto manufacturers who’s using ad hoc, spreadsheet-based collaboration, you’re not alone. According to a survey conducted by Ventana Research in November 2015, 7 out of 10 midsize companies use desktop spreadsheets for a range of business planning processes. Yet nearly half (48 percent) of those surveyed admit that spreadsheets make it difficult to manage business processes.