All employees must be aware of product integrity within the scope of their activities.
There's a misconception that only the Product Safety and Conformity Representative is responsible for fulfilling product integrity-related requirements. But according to the principles of product integrity, all employees are responsible for ensuring the integrity of a product within their scope of activities, and this requires training.
The integrity of a product hinges on whether the product is able to meet legitimate safety expectations and comply with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Following industry best practices, German OEMs mandate their suppliers to implement and apply requirements defined in the VDA Volume 'Product Integrity'.
These requirements must be adhered to throughout the entire supply chain, from the carmaker to the material suppliers.
Challenges That Companies Face
Fulfillment of the product integrity requirement is:
time-consuming as it requires dedicated effort from employees.
requires complicated organization of groups of employees needing to be collected in training rooms
is difficult as competent trainers are not easily obtainable
is complicated due to different target groups
Why Choose This Course?
Easily Accessible: Available to anyone with an internet connection and a computer or smartphone.
Different Target Groups: Modular course structure assures the appropriate content on all organisational levels
Effectiveness Evaluation: Built-in tests verify understanding amongst trainees.
Training Evidence: A certificate is issued upon successful completion.
How Is This Course Structured?
The core concept of this product integrity training is that employees work in different positions within an organisation. Therefore, they need to receive only the subject material related to their role.
For this reason, the 19 submodules are grouped into 4 training types according to the different target groups:
Operators
Managers
Sales
Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and Auditors
The submodules included are:
Each training type includes short videos, animations, and multiple-choice tests that lead to a general understanding of the integrity of a product—relevant to each target group.
How Much Is This Course?
As the main purpose of this course is to provide training for everyone within an organisation, pricing will depend on the number of employees accessing the course.
Corporate pricing varies from 12 to 45 USD per user per year (plus VAT/taxes). The more employees you add, the lower the average price you pay.
1 user = 45USD per year
2-10 users = 39USD per user per year
11-50 users = 32USD per user per year
51-100 users = 24USD per user per year
101-500 users = 14USD per user per year
501+ users = 12USD per user per year
For more information or a formal quotation on our product integrity training, please contact enquiries@encona.org or sign up online:
This product integrity training course was produced by ENCONA and QFD Engineering Consulting Office Ltd. Both companies are proud official license partners of the VDA QMC. The course presenters are Dr Alecia M. Gabriel (English) and Andras Viktor Szabo (Hungarian).
NOTE: this training does not replace the 2-day product integrity training mandated for PSCRs.
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