Synopsis of AIAG

Automotive Industry Action Group is an organization that designs and maintains EDI transaction sets for the automotive industry. It was founded by Daimler Chrysler , Ford Motor Company, and General Motors in 1982.Here the Transaction Sets are based on ANSI or EDIFACT or other EDI Standards depending upon the requirement of automobile industries.

Functions of AIAG

• AIAG works with other standards consortia, particularly the Open Applications Groups (OAG) to develop and publish XML schema specifications.
• AIAG guides the maintenance of EDI standards that are heavily used throughout the automotive supply chain.
• AIAG focuses on business processes and practices involving trading partners throughout the automotive supply chain. Willing professionals from approx 1,500 member companies in AIAG have worked together to resolve issues critical to the automotive supply chain

Few Suppliers of AIAG

• DELPHI
• GOOD YEAR
• FEDERAL MOGHUL

Few Global Alliances of AIAG

• ODETTE
• VDA
• NIST
• OAGi

List of Few Common EDI Transactions Sets being exchanged within the Automobile Industries

UN/EDIFACT Standard	ANSI X12 Standard
ORDERS (Purchase Order)	850 (Purchase Order)
ORDCHG (Purchase Order Change Request)	860 (Purchase Order Change Request)
DESADV (Despatch Advice)	856 (Advance Ship Notice/Manifest)
DELFOR (Delivery Schedule)	830 (Planning Schedule with Release Capability)
INVOIC (Invoice)	810 (Invoice)
RECADV (Receiving Advice)	861 (Receiving Advice/Acceptance Certificate)

AIAG Services

• AIAG facilitates global industry consensus to resolve supply chain issues are Common business practices and Systems Interoperability (vertical/horizontal)

• AIAG provides an industry voice and presence at international standards organizations

• AIAG ensures effective communication & delivery of consistent requirements, guidelines, education and training to the industry

• AIAG is promoting more products use that have and information and control interfaces that conform to open standards. The advantage gained is that products from different vendors can be interconnected, without custom engineering of interfaces, or without data format conversion.