Add value to your First Article Inspection with the combination of IMDS and material.one
Both material.one (Supplier Network Collaboration Platform) and the International Material Data System (IMDS)[mdsystem.com] play an important role in the initial sampling process in the automotive supply chain.
Despite their different focus points, the two complement each other excellently and provide companies with a highly valuable source of information regarding their parts and materials.
One of the strengths of material.one is the digital generation of test plans for materials used, based on the technical and physical standards of manufacturers (IATF). The test plans can be quickly assigned to laboratories or suppliers for processing within the material.one platform and automatically transmitted back to the client.
For many years, IMDS has been the platform for the global automotive industry to exchange data on assemblies, parts, semi-finished products and materials.
The use of materials in parts and semi-finished products and their pure composition in particular, enable automotive manufacturers and their supply chain to comply with national and international standards, laws, and regulations. Examples include the GADSL (Global Automotive Declarable Substance List), TSCA, REACH and SCIP.
material.one thus contains material information regarding the technical and physical content, while the IMDS manages, among other things, the pure composition of materials.
To the greater or lesser extent, IMDS has become the standard system for suppliers in the automotive industry. There is almost no other way to complete sampling without documenting assemblies, parts, semi-finished products, and materials within the IMDS.
Through the IMDS's interfaces information can be download, stored, and supplemented with corresponding information from the material.one platform.
Conclusion
Companies that use both the IMDS and the material.one platform for their products for FAI thus have the excellent opportunity to combine the technical, physical world of the materials used with the regulatory view via the material.one platform.