AIAG was founded in 1982 by several major automakers to develop and share best practices to create a leaner, more efficient supply base. Since then, AIAG has grown and evolved to address increasingly complex global supply-chain, manufacturing and quality issues, and now has tools and processes that can help diverse industries improve their performance by protecting and enhancing corporate reputations, rooting out waste and inefficiency, uncovering cost savings and improving quality. AIAG is a catalyst for achieving peak enterprise performance through its unique insight into industry issues, candid collaborative experts and delivery of real practical solutions that address the challenges of quality, cost, and speed throughout the global supply chain.