Automotive Industry Trends News

12th annual event continues tradition of educating automotive supply chain on automatic identification technologies

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is hosting its third annual Early Warning Standards (EWS) - Warranty Conference on May 24, 2007, at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Mich. AIAG will present progress on its EWS project as well as strategies to decrease warranty claims and save OEMs and suppliers millions of dollars each year.

Since 2004, AIAG has been tackling the warranty problem with the creation of the EWS project designed to reduce cost and latency, increase supply chain collaboration and improve the timeliness and accuracy of data. The association has identified industry needs for common business processes, standard data formats addressing the overall service event, electronic messaging standards and security. Priorities include reducing warranty and product liability costs, promoting compliance with TREAD Act requirements and using data from throughout the enterprise and the wider service chain to benefit the industry. Today, various OEMs and suppliers are preparing to prove and validate AIAG's EWS recommendations within their own environments.

AIAG's Early Warning Standards (EWS) - Warranty Conference will bring together OEMs, suppliers, service providers and dealers to gain insight on the real issues that drive up warranty costs - and to share challenges and success stories. The keynote presentation will feature Warranty Week editor Eric Arnum who will explore the value of warranty to a brand and present current warranty trends and statistics.

Other featured topics on the agenda include a voice of the business panel discussion, a CEO perspective, and case studies highlighting best practices and perspectives for warranty challenges. A second panel discussion will look at AIAG's wider approach to solving warranty issues - discussing the connections and focus of the various projects underway. Sponsoring companies will be on hand to discuss specific products, software and services related to warranty.

To register, visit the AIAG Web site at www.aiag.org (The complete conference agenda can be viewed there as well).

About AIAG

Founded in 1982, AIAG is a globally recognized organization where OEMs and suppliers unite to address and resolve issues affecting the worldwide automotive supply chain. AIAG's goals are to reduce cost and complexity through collaboration; improve product quality, health, safety and the environment; and optimize speed to market throughout the supply chain. Headquartered in the metro Detroit area, its more than 1,500 member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers to the automotive industry.

Additional information is available on the Internet at www.aiag.org

Source: The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)