The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)focuses on industry-wide efforts to improve the production quality of parts suppliers. The group collaborated with the domestic automotive manufacturers to develop common quality methods and tools, which became known as the Quality Core Tools. They include Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plan (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Measurement System Analysis (MSA). These tools have helped synchronize and minimize compliance and certification costs for suppliers that otherwise faced multiple quality certifications from multiple OEMs.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is one of the oldest standards-developing organizations in America. It produces codes and standards covering many technical areas, such as fasteners, plumbing fixtures, elevators, pipelines, and power plant systems and components. ASME’s standards are developed by committees of subject matter experts using an open, consensus-based process. Many ASME standards are cited by government agencies as tools to meet their regulatory objectives.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has over 12,000 ASTM standards that operate globally. ASTM standards are used and accepted worldwide and cover areas such as metals, paints, plastics, textiles, petroleum, construction, energy, the environment, consumer products, medical services, devices and electronics, advanced materials and much more.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the federal government’s lead agency for planning and support of the nation’s land, air and sea-based travel systems. DOT develops, implements and enforces federal regulations governing use of America’s roads and highways, airports and air corridors, railways and seaports.

The United States Food and Drug Administration(FDA or USFDA) is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) are U.S. federal regulations specifying design, construction, performance, and durability requirements for motor vehicles and regulated automobile safety-related components, systems, and design features.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international nongovernmental organizationthat develops and publishes a wide range of proprietary, industrial and commercial standards which define essential requirements to create products and services that are safe, reliable, and of good quality

The U.S. Department of Defense standard, often called a military standard, “MIL-STD”, “MIL-SPEC”, or (informally) “Mil-Specs”, is used to help achieve standardization objectives by setting and communicating standards on how things are to be designed, built, and tested in a controlled, known, and acceptable manner.

SAE International, previously known as the Society of Automotive Engineers, is a U.S.-based, globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. Principal emphasis is placed on global transport industries such as aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicles. Accordingly, the name SAE International was established to reflect the broader emphasis on mobility.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a federal public engineering, design, and management agency tasked with responsibility over the following areas; designing, building, and operating locks and dams, flood control, dredging waterways, building flood protection systems, design and construction management for the U.S. military and government agencies, environmental regulation & ecosystem restoration.

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) develops and publishes standards that guide the safety, performance and sustainability of diverse technologies and services including household appliances, smoke alarms, batteries, cybersecurity and building materials.