The concept of Organization Units was implemented in IMDS in order to better structure the companies registered in IMDS and be able to transmit information selectively to individual Organization Units. In this way, Organization Units contribute to more efficient company organisation in IMDS.

For example, it is possible to transmit material data sheets (MDS) directly to specific Organization Units – instead of sending them to the company in general. For structuring in Organization Units

IMDS developments must be continuously processed throughout the year to ensure the smooth running of IMDS. Often, the usual IMDS process flow is no longer ensured during holidays or illnesses or change of staff. How can it be guaranteed in such (not always foreseeable) cases that the IMDS process flow is not disrupted by delays and faults?

Our imds professional team is there for you and will take over the necessary IMDS activities from you as your replacement during your holidays: project-wise

For close to two years now, we have been offering seminars and –  new addition – webinars in Portuguese language in Brazil.
Brazil, as the fifth-largest country in the world, is one of the two most important Latin American countries in the automotive sector. Numerous international automobile manufacturers have overseas branches there. In Brazil as well, cost-efficiency in the automotive sector and local involvement are in demand, due to pressure of labour-, material- and

We wish to make our webinars so interesting, user-friendly and current that they actually address the topic you are interested in. For that, we have conceived an online survey: To the Survey on subjects that are of interest to you
Help us to fulfil your wishes and requests by sharing information with us, e.g., on what subjects are of interest to you. We would appreciate it if you would take 5 minutes of your time to provide us with feedback on this.

An increasing number of our training customers are registering for webinars or are booking an exclusive seminar for their company. Webinars make it possible to quickly acquire specialised knowledge in condensed form, and our customers appreciate this: Same as in a classical face-to-face seminar, an instructor guides you through the topic. The participants have the option of asking questions orally or via chat at any time. There is a live presentation of the IMDS training system and the

We have extended our range of venues this year and will now offer seminars in Berlin as well. One seminar series each in English and German will be offered. With that, we will fulfil the wish expressed by many of our customers that we should offer IMDS training to foreign language speaking employees in Germany as well.

The next training dates in Berlin:

In the last journal, we handled the topic CAMDS from our service offer. We have noticed that more and more customers are requesting support in this area. Now, the Chinese Due Diligence Guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains have been published in December 2015. This is one more reason for us to take up this topic once again in this issue and inform you on this subject.

What are the Due Diligence Guidelines?
Over the years, China has become aware of the responsibility of companies

Question 1:

A customer complains that the ID number of a material from the IMDS Committee list is not current for a part. I have noticed during a check, that the ID numbers provided by the suppliers do not correspond to those published in the IMDS list.
How can this be updated automatically every time a new version or new number of the MDS of a material from the IMDS Committee list is created?
Must I always watch out for a new version or new ID number?

Answer:

A new ID number is no reason to

Updating of GADSL in IMDS

On 15 April 2015, the recent updating of GADSL will be implemented in IMDS. Click here to access the changes in IMDS basic substances in pdf format.

New GM specific information for suppliers

GM is currently updating its GMW3059 and the corresponding list of restricted and declarable substances, CG4110.

As of now, GM will no longer accept any IMDS entries containing the following substances:

• DecaBDE           (CAS

New: IMDS-Workshop (No. 61WS)

Brand new for IMDS users is our training in workshop format: In the course IMDS-Workshop (No. 61WS) you have the possibility to bring tasks that you are currently working on and have problems with. The trainer also helps you to solve even more complex tasks and checks your procedure. In this way, you will find appropriate and effective solutions for your daily IMDS work and optimize your approach. The main IMDS topics will once again be presented in short form