Does any one have experience of the IMDS web site application?

[peteroldfield1971]

Hi,

Does any one have experience of the IMDS web site application? I have been tasked by my company to submit all MDS's but unfortunately there is little or no money for training.

I have a training manual but the due to the technical jargon it keeps falling in the waste basket.

We are a small plating (chrome) company supplying 1st Tier to GM Europe. We mould and plate a component which is then shipped to GM.

Any help at all would be appreciated on how to compile a MDS. Thanks in advance.

[tarheels4]

Originally Posted by peteroldfield1971

Hi,

Does any one have experience of the IMDS web site application? I have been tasked by my company to submit all MDS's but unfortunately there is little or no money for training.

I have a training manual but the due to the technical jargon it keeps falling in the waste basket.

We are a small plating (chrome) company supplying 1st Tier to GM Europe. We mould and plate a component which is then shipped to GM.

Any help at all would be appreciated on how to compile a MDS. Thanks in advance.

You can use the Forum Seach function to find IMDS threads such as this one.
International Material Data Systems (IMDS) and ELV-1 - Looking for Info

[Marc]

Thanks, Tarheels - That's a definitive discussion thread on IMDS.

Originally Posted by peteroldfield1971

I have a training manual but the due to the technical jargon it keeps falling in the waste basket.

Are you having trouble finding the data you have to input, or understanding where to get the data?

[peteroldfield1971]

I need to understand the whole concept of component, sub-component and material.

Also, we buy in raw materials so do I need to request the material information from our suppliers or do they input the data into IMDS?

I will keep researching the web and the threads on the cove but any useful tips or suggestions would be welcome.

[Howard Atkins]

I cannot help but sympathise. This is the most unfriendly useless application existing.
Sorry

[Marc]

As far as I understand it - It's been a couple of years since I did a spreadsheet for IMDS - I took material safety data sheets from suppliers and got the data from there. I think the responsibility for your product is on you even if your raw material supplier also submits IMDS entries for their product(s). Some of the ones I filled out were for coil steel, but included paint and a few things like that. It wasn't bad once I did a few of them. But - As I said, I was imputting data into a spreadsheet. It did have macros and everything had to add up (%'s, weights, etc.) or it wouldn't let you print or complete the sheet for submission.

[qualitytrec]

Originally Posted by Marc

As far as I understand it - It's been a couple of years since I did a spreadsheet for IMDS - I took material safety data sheets from suppliers and got the data from there. I think the responsibility for your product is on you even if your raw material supplier also submits IMDS entries for their product(s). Some of the ones I filled out were for coil steel, but included paint and a few things like that. It wasn't bad once I did a few of them. But - As I said, I was imputting data into a spreadsheet. It did have macros and everything had to add up (%'s, weights, etc.) or it wouldn't let you print or complete the sheet for submission.

My understanding is similar though I used the steel certs from my supplier.

Mark

[Marc]

I may have use supplier material certifications as well. It's been a while so I don't remember off hand what all I used but I remember there was stuff I got off of MSDS sheets.