When your training is complete you will:
• Understand the goals of the International Material Data System
• Understand your responsibility for providing accurate data
• Be familiar with the terms and definitions of the IMDS
• Be able to create, send, receive, and administer material data sheets (MDS)
• Understand the requirements for reviewing data beyond the automated IMDS checks
• Be able to communicate clearly to suppliers the requirements for data acceptance
• Be familiar with search mechanisms
• Know how to search for published materials
• Understand how to integrate published data and data from suppliers into your MDSs
The curriculum will teach you all the steps in the IMDS process:
• Data collection
• Verification against product drawings
• Material creation including sub-material usage
• Semi-component creation
Curriculum Outline for the Two-Day Basic IMDS Training
• Introduction to IMDS
o History and background
o Data flow, data visibility and security
o Relevant legal regulations overview
o OEM requirements and acceptance criteria
o IMDS recommendations
• Definitions
o Material data sheet (MDS) and modules
o Basic substances list, GADSL, SVHC, and Conflict Minerals in the IMDS
o Components, semi-components and materials
• Creating and checking MDSs/Modules
o Creating and entering your own data
o Accepting/rejecting and integrating data received from suppliers
o Using published data in your structures
o Resolving errors and warnings
• Processes
o MDS actions: internal release, send, publish, propose, forward
o Version control, copying (Copy-New Version or Copy-Copy), deleting
o The Analysis function and how to use it
o The Certificate of Expenditure function and how to use it
• Administration
o Registering your company in IMDS
o Defining and updating contact persons
o Changing your company profile
o Creating and using organization units in IMDS (Overview)
o Creating user profiles (Client Manager, User, User-Publish, User-Certification, User-Read Only