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Head to the AIAG Store today to check out our latest webcast release – a recorded version of our September 10^th FAE event – “The New Norm of the Automotive Supply Chain.”

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).

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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.

Scheduled for September 15, 2020, AIAG’s completely virtual Cyber Symposium will cover a broad range of cybersecurity-specific topics, including what you need to know about cyber criminals, IATF 16949 cyber requirements, social engineering, cyber insurance, and more.

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.

Plans are in full swing for AIAG’s all-new virtual event, the 2020 Cybersecurity Symposium. Scheduled for September 15, 2020, this one-day event is free to all participants.

A highlight of AIAG’s 2020 Virtual Customs Town Hall will be Kenneth J.F. Kennedy’s presentation on forced labor. As head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Forced Labor Programs, Kennedy will discuss the impact of the U.S. government’s recent forced-labor enforcement actions on automotive companies. Kennedy will outline the trends and explain what OEMs and suppliers should be doing.

The automotive supply chain is affected by new and emerging technologies, and one of these is blockchain. “I’m excited about blockchain and what it can do for the automotive industry,” says Sergei Beliaev, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at DLT Labs. “It has the promise of truly changing how we do things – right away.”