Automotive Industry Action Group, also known as AIAG, is a not-for profit association founded in 1982 and based in Southfield, Michigan originally created to develop recommendations and a framework for the improvement of quality in the North American Automotive Industry. The scope of the organization has grown since its inception. The organization's mission statement reads: AIAG is a catalyst for the global automotive industries efforts to establish a seamless efficient and responsible supply chain.
The organization was founded in by representatives of the three largest North American automotive manufacturers: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Membership has grown to include Japanese companies such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan, heavy truck and earth moving manufacturers such as Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International, and many of their part suppliers and service providers. Member companies donate the time of individuals to work at AIAG in a non-competitive, open forum that is intended to develop recommendations and best practices for the overall good of the industry.
The AIAG publishes standards and offers educational conferences and training. Examples include the Advanced product quality planning (APQP) and Production part approval process (PPAP) standards in which specific techniques and tools designed to identify problems and ensure quality are prescribed. These documents have become the de facto standard in North America that must be complied with by all Tier I suppliers. Increasingly these suppliers are now requiring complete compliance from their suppliers, so that many Tier II and III automotive suppliers now also comply.
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