RE: TREAD act -- MAPICS-L

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Hi Joan,

It doesn't surprise me that it isn't well known, in spite of it being a
requirement.  I think it's filtering down through legal channels, not the
normal support channels.  Go to the following site for general information
on the TREAD act:

http://www.rma.org/government/tread_act.html

For reporting requirements (I can't believe that we have to report in
multi-sheet Excel format - don't these people understand relational
databases?) you can go to:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/ewr/index.html

It's listed under cars, but impacts anyone producing cars, trucks,
trailers, motorcycles, and so on, that are controlled by NHTSA.  You have
to report Production, Warranty, Deaths/Injuries, Property Damage, Consumer
Complaints (!), and Field reports.  Most of the information is just
counts, but supporting documentation is required for some catagories.

I attended a briefing/seminar on it in Washington last week, and they said
that this would be the largest civilian database in the world.  Compliance
with the reporting is an absolute necessity, and it seems to me that this
would be an excellent thing for MAPICS to consider offering as an add-on,
either free (like Offline Shipping) or as a minor charge (like MTHACT), to
CSM at least - COM also if possible.  As I understand it, MAPICS is a very
popular product in the transportation industry.

Good luck!

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.








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Dale -

Do you have a Web address where we can get more information? I assume this
is a government requirement, but haven't heard of it until your e-mail.

   Thanks - Joan

Joan McCready, IS Manager      phone:  636-479-4499
MetalTek International         fax:  636-479-3399
The Carondelet Division        www.metaltekint.com
8600 Commercial Blvd
Pevely, MO  63070


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From: DaleGindlesperger@fft-inc.com [mailto:DaleGindlesperger@fft-inc.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:08 PM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: TREAD act


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This is a question for all MAPICS users that produce a product controlled
by
NHTSA:

Are you all aware of the new TREAD reporting act?  We have to have
recording
systems in place by 4/1/03.  Sounds like a good add-on to COM/CSM, to me.
I
am curious as to if anyone is working on this, or if you know of an
available application to handle this that is integrated to MAPICS.  There
are some SERIOUS fines for non-compliance, ranging from
$5,000-to-$15,000,000/day.  If there isn't something out there already, or
if MAPICS isn't doing anything regarding it, I'll have to do something
with
Integrator - not that big a deal, except for the government-mandated
reporting in multi-sheet Excel format....

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
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