We are pleased to present you our training schedule for the first term of 2020. As usual we offer trainings in several European cities (Eindhoven, Krakow, Torino, Paris, Pamplona, Stockholm, Bologna, Barcelona, Lyon) and also as webinar. The trainings are held in English, Spanish, Italian, Polish and French. Our lecturers are native speakers and will be happy to answer all your questions. You will receive a personal certificate for participating in our on-site and online training, as evidence

Question 1:
When I drag the PDF report of an MDS, the field with the contact person is empty. In the MDS itself, however, the contact is displayed as active. Why is that so?

Answer:
This situation will remain in the IMDS for a long time. The reason for this is that the selected contact person is no longer active. With the introduction of the GDPR (European Data Protection Regulation), all contact persons were initially set to inactive and they first had to agree to the use of their data again

Updated and new supplier information

Isuzu has updated the information for suppliers.

FCA EMEA (Fiat) and FCA US LLC have updated their information for suppliers.

Suzuki has updated the information for suppliers.

Hyundai Kia Motor Company provides additional information to its suppliers.
 
Groupe PSA as made IMDS information available to suppliers.
 
Vinfast has also updated its IMDS supplier information.

For more information, see the section "OEM-spezifische Informationen" under the

Wildcards can be used as highly confidential basic substances. However, it is forbidden to use them to replace basic substances that are subject to declaration (D) or even prohibited substances (P).
The addition "not to declare" is used to make this clear to the user.

Please always remember to comply with Rule 4.5.2.B of IMDS Guideline 001:
If a GADSL update changes the status of basic substances which are marked as confidential in a material MDS, the respective material MDS must be updated

What are organizational units?

In IMDS, the concept of organizational units was implemented in order to better structure companies registered in IMDS and to be able to send targeted information to individual organizational units. In this way it is possible, for example, to send material data sheets (MDS) directly to certain organizational units instead of to the whole company.

When structuring in organizational units, further IMDS IDs are created for the various organizational units in an

Do you have profound experience with IMDS, GADSL, REACH and/or Conflict Minerals? Are you familiar with the ins and outs of the automotive industry? Would you like to conduct trainings on behalf of imds professional?

We are always looking for trainers for material compliance and invite you to send us your application.

More information can be found here.

The IMDS is intended to map the supply chain and materials of each car in order to meet recycling quotas and comply with legal requirements. That's the theory. In practice, the companies that use the IMDS for this purpose always face new challenges due to numerous legal requirements and the individual requirements of their customers. There are also situations in which the system does not exactly map what the user needs or does not know how to enter his case correctly. In addition, new laws and

Many - especially larger - companies with several business areas and/or branches have set up organisational units in the IMDS. If these have to be changed through restructuring, sales, mergers, etc., it is advisable to set up a well planned reorganization process. As it is important to take a close look at what the current company structure is like, what it should look like in the future and what steps are necessary until then and how they are related to each other. We are happy to support you