Powering Performance

The long-awaited 3^rd edition of the CQI-12 Special Process: Coating System Assessment (CSA) is now available! This new edition supersedes the 2^nd edition assessment which has been active since February 2012.

The results are in – the latest data from our Core Tools Self-Assessment (CTSA) is now available on our Core Tools Self-Assessment Industry Results page!

The CQI-9 Heat Treat Assessment 4^th Edition Webinar, complimentary for all attendees and scheduled for September 17, 2020, will focus on the most significant changes in each section of the new edition.

Created by a team of researchers from AIAG, QAD and Wayne State University, the multi-industry, multinational “Operational Restart and Recovery Survey Report” reflects lessons learned and best practices from recent and ongoing operational restart experiences as global supply chains work toward a full recovery.

Magna International’s director of customs compliance and trade governance, Karin Muller, wants suppliers to know that they are not alone in their struggles to comply with the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

It’s easier than ever to get a free quick scan, now free for all employees!

The number of employees working from home has skyrocketed this year. While many businesses are discovering they can operate effectively and efficiently in this environment, the number of employees working off a controlled corporate network increases cyber risk substantially. In fact, according to the FBI, complaints about cyberattacks have increased 400% since the middle of March. The threat to corporate networks, not to mention employee’s personal networks, is greater than ever.

In a much overlooked but certain to be impactful provision of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which came into force on July 1, 2020, Canada agreed to impose a prohibition on the importation of goods that are produced in whole or in part by forced or compulsory labour.

As the only industry-endorsed training of its kind, AIAG’s new USMCA Content Reporting course was developed by a highly qualified group of volunteers from numerous OEMs, heavy truck manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers, along with guidance from trusted trade compliance experts.

Recently, AIAG had an opportunity to offer an automotive-industry perspective on human rights due diligence for a new report from Investor Advocates for Social Justice (IASJ).

Following the release of the AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook on June 3, 2019, AIAG and VDA created an errata sheet to identify items in the original document that needed correction or clarification. While this errata sheet does not change the methodology itself, it does clear up wording on certain concepts, and identifies typing and formatting errors.