International Material Data System (IMDS) Training for Beginner Level

The participants will know the background of the International Material Data System (IMDS) and the underlying legislation. They will understand the definitions and terms of the system in general, and are able to navigate within the IMDS. The participants will be able to generate simple declaration in IMDS, know how to search for data, and have a basic understanding of the quality criteria to be applied to supplier data. The focus of this course is on the practical usage of the IMDS system.

EXPECTED BENEFITS
– Your knowledge and skills are developed through an interactive and practical approach to tasks
– Delivered by expertise tutors in hazardous substances/laboratory testing and experienced in training
– You will receive a certificate upon successful completion, providing evidence of your competence to employers

COURSE FORMATION 
– Lecture
– Demonstration
– Hands-on training using official IMDS training server

CONTENT
Legal Background
– EU – ELV directive 2000/53/EC and amendments
    Exemption list of ELV (Annex II) – How to identify exemption.
– OEM – Substance Of Concern
– REACH regulation and amendments (Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006)
    SVHC – How to comply REACH in Article (O5A)
    Annex XIV
    Annex XVII
    SCIP Database
– MCCP and PFAS
– Biocide Product Regulation and amendments (Regulation (EC) No. 528/2012)
– Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (GADSL)

IMDS
– General introduction IMDS
– News update
– The resources on the IMDS public pages
– Basic requirement and basic concept of IMDS
– Registration of a company in IMDS
– System access : Login/Logout/User ID forgotten/Request new password/Expiry password
– Data visibility and data sharing
– Material data sheet (MDS) and product structure tree
– MDS and Modules
– Components, semi-components, materials and basic substances
– Material classification
– Pseudo-substance
– Jokers or Wildcards
– MDS symbols, type
– Filter function

Navigating IMDS
– Start page, Toolbar, Main menu
– Create new MDS/Module
– Save function, Release Internal, Forward, Create MDS report
– How to Check / Accept / Reject / Delete / Mark as obsolete
– Search function, How to check status In box and Out box
– Personal setting, Company, Administration, Contact person
– Create Admin/User, Reset password

Procedures in IMDS and practical exercises (Case studies)
– Efficient use of search functions in IMDS
– Information flow: Internal release, sending, publishing, proposing
– Version control, forwarding, copying, deleting
– Accept/Reject
– Create MDSs from MSDS
– External data sheets: Quality control and integration
– Special data fields for selected materials
     (application codes, polymeric parts)

Introduction to data quality control in IMDS
– IMDS internal data check
– Introduction to IMDS errors and warnings
– Function : Regulation Wizard in IMDS

IMDS implementation strategies
– Communication strategies, rejections and supplier information
– Enforcement of compliance in supply chains and best practices