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The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and the International Automotive Oversight Bureau (IAOB) proudly announce the IAOB’s continued sponsorship of AIAG’s Core Tools Support (CTS) software. With this announcement for 2021, the IAOB agreed to sponsor 250 IATF certified organizations with a one-year CTS license. Recipients of sponsored subscriptions must be certified to IATF 16949 by one of the IAOB’s 20 IATF certification bodies, which are listed on the IAOB website. 

2020 Quality Summit session recordings are now available for everyone who attended last year's event! Simply visit our "Past Events" page at the AIAG Store and click on the agenda for the 2020 Quality Summit to view session details and access the recordings. 

Part 2: Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, conducts Part 2 of this 4-part series with James Hawthorne of Acument Global Technologies and Justin Rydzewski of Controls Service, Inc. about Revision 4 of CQI-9. This time, the conversation focuses around heat treat system assessments and job audits.

If you haven’t checked out our Cyber Initiative page recently, now’s the time! From a two-part webinar on cyber risk and insurance, to links to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s cybersecurity eLearning and resource pages, we’ve compiled a number of free resources to help you bolster your cybersecurity efforts in 2021 and beyond.

What do FCA, GM, FORD, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, PACCAR, Caterpillar and the rest of the AIAG Board all have in common?

AIAG launched its free, online Core Tools Self-Assessment (CTSA) in 2012 to help individuals measure their competency in the four Automotive Quality Core Tools: APQP/PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC. The CTSA is a timed, open book self-assessment available in nine different languages (i.e., Brazilian Portuguese, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish – Latin America). These nine translations have allowed 18,402 individuals from 89 different countries and 3,215 different companies to complete 22,561 self-assessments since 2012.

At AIAG, we know that Core Tools certification exams are a great way to demonstrate competency in the automotive Core Tools – and we’re making it easier than ever to take these exams at your convenience, with all four certification exams (i.e., APQP/PPAP, FMEA 4^th Edition, MSA and SPC) now available online, throughout 2021.

An AIAG member throughout both his collegiate and professional career to date, Honda North America’s Tony Mariucci believes that active engagement with AIAG helps drive positive change in our supply chain. Now, as the latest addition to AIAG’s Quality Steering Committee, Tony looks forward to continuing his involvement by participating in initiatives that support organizations at all levels with common standards and guidelines to reduce complexities in the automotive supply chain and its products.

Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, begins a 4-part series with Justin Rydzewski about Revision 4 of CQI-9. These two experts, who served on the revision committee, are full of interesting information and practical advice on how to understand and comply with CQI-9 Rev.4.