Powering Performance

October will be here before we know it – and while we’re excited for pumpkins, cider mills, and trick-or-treating, we’re also looking forward to October trainings! Available throughout the month, these classroom courses address IATF 16949:2016, MMOG/LE, IMDS, the Core Tools, and much more! Read on for a full list of October trainings available at AIAG, or use our Training Calendar to look at a different day or week. 

September is a busy month at AIAG! In addition to a full lineup of industry events geared toward Supply Chain, Quality, and Corporate Responsibility professionals, our training calendar is also full, with over a dozen courses still open for registration.

Check out AIAG’s upcoming course offerings below, or use our NEW Training Calendar. The calendar allows you to search any given day or week, which makes planning your training needs much easier. Simply navigate to bit.ly/AIAGTrainingCalendar to explore more class options! 

Whether you’re new to the issue, or the go-to person in your organization for conflict minerals reporting, AIAG’s new web training videos* are for you! (Senior managers, managers, engineers, and quality and purchasing professionals will also find value in this content, which includes basic introductory information as well as more advanced details.)

While we definitely don’t want to wish the summer away, we’re already looking forward to a full lineup of courses in August, and hope you’ll join us!

Join us in July…in our beautiful new facility just down the road (4400 Civic Center Drive in Southfield)! Summer months may be slower for some, but at AIAG we’re moving full steam ahead with a great line up of Supply Chain courses. Read on to find out which class is best for you, and make sure to register soon to reserve your seat!

Missed out on this week’s Corporate Responsibility Summit? Check out the resources and tools below to stay current on corporate responsibility and supply chain sustainability.

No department is more aware of customer requirements than the quality department. This is why quite often the quality department is tasked with International Material Data System (IMDS) reporting. For every manufactured part, a Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) must be completed. PPAP can only be completed if there has been an accepted IMDS report. 

Plan ahead! The next Global MMOG/LE Implementation Training – Level 1 class is scheduled for May 2^nd, and seats are still available. This one day course is designed to improve materials management efficiency and effectiveness in your supply chain, leveraging the Global Materials Management Operations Guideline Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE). To find out more information, or reserve your seat, visit the training page here.

Did you know that IATF 16949 clauses 7.2 and 7.2.1 require an organization to demonstrate an employee’s competence in key items of the organization’s Quality Management System? To help meet this requirement, AIAG’s APQP/PPAP Certification Exam verifies an employee’s proficiency in product quality planning and control plan guidelines, and PPAP submittal requirements.

In 2016, VDA 6.3 – Process Audit was revised by the VDA-QMC. Changes included consolidating the questionnaire from 60 to 58 questions (with four new questions) and modifying language, specifically surrounding terms and definitions, for greater clarity.