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AIAG Names Year 2000 Manager

13 April 1998

AIAG Names Craig As Year 2000 Manager

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 13 -- Fred L. Craig has joined the
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) as Year 2000 Manager, according to
Richard T. Simmons, AIAG executive director on loan from Ford Motor Co.
    Craig will be responsible for coordinating auto industry efforts through
the AIAG to address and prepare for the Year 2000 glitch.  As the year 2000
manager, he will work directly with the AIAG and Big Three Year 2000 task
force managing the efforts of the Year 2000 Information Center based in
Southfield, Mich.  In addition, Craig will be responsible for continued
industry awareness of the Year 2000 problem and building supplier
preparedness.
    "Fred's management information services experience is a valuable addition
to the AIAG," Simmons said.  "His expertise with the year 2000 glitch is
extremely important to AIAG's current initiatives to ready the supplier
community for the new millennium."
    Craig retired in November 1997 as Year 2000 program manager, Global Dealer
Systems and Global Awareness, Information Systems and Services for General
Motors Corp.  He had been responsible for developing a global awareness and
communication plan to ensure understanding and support of efforts to certify
systems compliance with year 2000 standards.  Craig led the design of a set of
global software tools and supporting infrastructure necessary to identify and
track remediation efforts at GM facilities around the globe.  In addition, he
was responsible for the development and implementation of a plan to ensure
that the systems used by more than 15,000 dealers around the world will
continue to operate successfully in the year 2000.
    Prior to this, he was program manager, Consistent Office environment
(COe), General Motors Corporate Information Management. There, he successfully
managed the planning, implementation and operation of a program to standardize
hardware, software and networking for 55,000 desktop devices at 220 locations
across North America.
    From 1991 to 1993, Craig was manager of strategic planning, GM Office
Automation Program Office, Corporate Information Management. There he was
responsible for successfully developing a corporate office automation
standards plan and a four-year migration strategy to a centrally managed
desktop computing environment. He held a variety of management positions of
increasing responsibility with the company from 1962 until 1991.
    Founded in 1982, AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of more than
1,300 North American auto 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 OEM supply chain, as well as
to include numerous programs and initiatives aimed at improving its members'
productivity and quality. More information about AIAG and its Year 2000
initiatives can be found at http://www.aiag.org.

SOURCE  Automotive Industry Action Group