AIAG Offers Training to Battle Year 2000 Computer Problems
16 March 1998
AIAG Offers Training to Battle Year 2000 Computer Problems
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 16 -- To help automotive suppliers
elude the Year 2000 computer problem and avoid costly glitches or
interruptions in the supply chain, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
is offering two distinct training courses -- Year 2000 Project Management
Training and Year 2000 Assessor Training -- now through June 1998 at its
headquarters in Southfield, Mich.
The Year 2000 training programs will help automotive suppliers identify
and address date-dependent obstacles in their company computer systems.
Correcting this problem is essential to ensure continuity of supply in the
industry. The AIAG Year 2000 Task Force -- including Chrysler, Ford, &
General Motors -- are working to help the industry prepare for the Year 2000
by the end of 1998 so suppliers can test each fix through 1999.
"The millennium glitch is possibly one of the largest technical challenges
that all industries will ever face," said Richard T. Simmons, AIAG Executive
Director. "Dealing with the Year 2000 issue needs to take top priority within
the automotive supply chain. It requires serious and immediate attention and
commitment of funds and resources by executive management. The AIAG training
is an important, useful and cost-effective tool to help supplier companies
avoid any serious Year 2000 associated problems."
Year 2000 Project Management Training will teach supplier participants the
necessary management tools needed to lead their facilities through Year 2000
Readiness Projects. The two-day training will incorporate the development and
completion of the Year 2000 facility program, inventory, risk evaluations,
remediation plans, acceptance testing, compliant systems and reporting of
readiness to facility management. In addition, participants will gain an
understanding of automotive OEM-required documentation to report Year 2000
readiness.
Year 2000 Assessor Training will prepare supplier participants to conduct
efficient internal and external Year 2000 readiness assessments. The three-
day training session will familiarize participants with the Supplier
Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), the assessment process and the reporting
method performed at the conclusion of each assessment.
The Year 2000 Project Management Training course costs $650 for AIAG
members and $700 for non-members. The Year 2000 Assessor Training course
costs $750 for AIAG members and $800 for non-members.
To obtain a training registration form or for more information, interested
parties should contact the AIAG at 248-358-3003. More information about AIAG
and the Year 2000 training offering can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.aiag.org.
Founded in 1982, AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of more than
1,300 automotive and truck manufacturers and their suppliers. Originally
recognized for its efforts to standardize electronic data interchange (EDI)
and bar code standards to assist Tier One suppliers, AIAG's mission has
expanded to cover all levels of the automotive supply chain as well as to
include numerous programs and initiatives aimed at improving its members'
productivity and quality.
SOURCE Automotive Industry Action Group