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Request from Nissan Concerning Material Data Input in IMDS

Contents

1. Flow of Procedures in Responding to the Request from Nissan P.2 2. Request to Register Online with IMDS and to Appoint

a Contact Person P.3 2-1 Registering with IMDS Online P.3 2-2 Submitting details of a recipient contact person for Parts

Number Handling P.3

How to Input Data in IMDS P.5 3-1 General P.5 3-2 Flow of procedures in MDS data sheet creation P.5 3-3 How to input details for each data item P.5-15 3-4 Examples of frequently occurring errors P.15 3-5 Other Examples of frequently asked questions P.16

Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd. Materials Engineering Department Planning and Technology Management Group

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1. Flow of Procedures in Responding to the Request from Nissan

When any of these apply

None of the above applies

Rejected

Accepted

Your company receives the “Request from Nissan” via e-mail.

Your company confirms the status of your IMDS User

Registration.

Your company submits details of the “Contact Person as the <Recipient of Parts number list for Examination> Form”

(e-mail attachment accompanying the “Request from Nissan”)

Your company contacts Nissan using the

respective forms (e-mail attachment with the

“Request from Nissan”)

Your company completes IMDS online registration. (P3)

Already registered

Not yet registered

<Confirmation of Parts List> Your company checks the Parts List and confirms the following: ・Are there any changes in parts numbers? ・Are any parts not purchased by your company? ・Are the parts listed by Nissan provided to your company? ･Are there any parts missing?

<Examination of Materials Used, Weight>

Material data is inputted into IMDS

Completed

IMDS data is forwarded to Nissan

Data details are confirmed by

Nissan

Data is amended based on the reason

for rejection and resubmitted

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2．Request to Register Online with IMDS and to Assign a Contact Person

Before you begin the process of inputting data regarding materials that are an environmental impact substance on

IMDS (International Material Data System), you must complete online registration to use IMDS. You are also

requested to assign a contact person for as a recipient for parts number list for examination. (If you have already

registered, there is no need to complete the procedure below.)

2-1 Online registration for (customers/clients) Proceed to the IMDS website. IMDS website: http://www.mdsystem.com/ Proceed to online registration:

Public IMDS Pages System Online registration From there, please proceed with online registration (registration of a contact person and client manager)

・ Contact person:

You must assign a minimum of one contact person at your company. The contact person will be responsible for answering technical questions relating to MDS details.

・ Client Manager: All companies must have at least one client manager. A client manager is responsible for below actions. (1) assigns other client managers (2) assigns access rights to users within the company (3) resets passwords within the company The client manager is also a contact person for the IMDS Service Center

2-2. Submission of contact person as the <Recipient of parts number list for

Examination> Please fill in the necessary details on the <Recipient of parts number list for Examination> (See Attachment

1) which accompanied the “Request from Nissan” e-mail and forward it as it is in Word.doc format to the contact person at Nissan.

(If you have already forwarded this form previously and there are no changes, there is no need to resubmit a form.)

Items which must be filled in ・ Contact person as Recipient of parts number list for Examination

A person to act as the contact when part numbers are being provided to relevant IMDS persons We ask that you need to assign two contact persons: a regular contact person and an assistant contact person. Although the roles of the contact person registered with IMDS, the client contact manager, and the contact person as Recipient parts number list for Examination are different, the same person may perform these roles.

IMDS company ID code (This code is assigned at IMDS online registration :Example : 13822) ・ Contact person as Recipient of parts number list for Examination

This IMDS company ID is different from user ID and password. <confirmation procedure if company ID>

Login to IMDS System management Company Company ID number.

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To:

Material Engineering Department、Nissan Technical Centre.

E Mail kankyo@mail.nissan.co.jp

FAX No: +81-462-70 -1585 （please use E-mail where possible）

Window person for receiving parts number list

Name of company

In English

● Person in charge (Main) Department In English

In English Full name

In English Address

Zip code E-MAIL address Tel No. Fax No.

● Person in charge (Sub) In English Department

Full name In English

In English Address

Post code E-MAIL address Tel No. Fax No. IMDS Company ID code Ex) 13662

Nissan supplier code Ex) NA123

Attachment 1: <Contact Person as Recipient of Parts number list for Examination> Form

sample

＊E-mail address of Nissan global is acceptable. However, register one address only for one person.

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3．How to Input Data into IMDS

3-1 General ・For manuals relating to data input, please refer to the FAQ (frequently asked questions) on the public pages of

the IMDS website at: http://www.mdsystem.com/html/en/home_en.htm (PDF)

For enquiries concerning IMDS input: Telephone Numbers of IMDS Service Centers Japan: 03-3797-4212 Europe: +36 (1) 298 1536

US: +1 972-403-3607 Korea: +82-2-3782-0827, 0828 ・ As for the items which have no particular instructions, please follow IMDS Recommendation and EDS

Manuals. ・ The part number list will be provided to suppliers by the respective parts design centers in charge via

e-mail. Please input the data into IMDS by the data input due date.

・ You need confirm that the data submitted are not rejected. When data is incorrect, it will be rejected You need to resubmit after the data correction based on the reason of rejection.

3-2 Flow of procedures in MDS creation

Log on Registration of Materials

・ Creation of Materials P.6 ・ Selection of IMDS data material classification P.7 ・ Creation of basic substance data P.8 Component/Semicomponent Creation ・ Creation of component and semicomponent data P.9 ・ Input of recycle information P.10 ・ Indication of material marking on plastic and rubber components P.11 ・ Input of items for which EU ELV Annex II Exemption P.12 Input of recipient information Input of Company Data ・ Input of company data P.14

MDS transmission 3-3 How to input details for each data item ・ Please input data into IMDS for each item as indicated below. Be sure to fill in all items marked as

“Mandatory” ・ Only single-width English fonts may be used for IMDS data input. Chinese characters, Japanese characters

may not be used. ・ English is the only language used for data input and other languages are not allowed.

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3-3-1 Data items when creating material data

No. Data Item Input

Requirements (Mandatory/Optional)

How to Input Data Input Examples

1 Name Mandatory This is not the generic material name. Input the symbol or code, etc. assigned in standards which define the material. (Please refer to IMDS Recommendation 001). Please note that data input must be in English.

STM-C 540, Al-Si12, PA66, ACM, etc

2 Trade name Optional Input the trade name of the material. -

3 Internal Mat. No. Optional Input the material, grade, or code, etc. established by your company. SP780, SV35C etc

4 Standard Mat. No.

Metal : Mandatory Others : Optional

For metals, input the metal number defined by standard EN10027; otherwise, input the symbol, grade, or code, etc. assigned in other public norms/ standards.

1.0347. etc

5 Symbol Plastic/ elastomer: Mandatory

Others : Optional

For polymer materials such as plastics and elastomers, etc., input the symbol based on ISO 1043, ISO 1629, ISO 18064, and Nissan Engineering Standard NES D0031.

PP, ABS, ACM, TPA-EE,etc

6 Classification Mandatory Referring to Table 1, select the relevant material classification. For soldering used in electric and electronics components, select “4.2 Other special materials.”

“1.1.2 highly alloyed” etc

7 Norms/Standards Materials for which a public standard exists: Mandatory Materials apart from the above: Optional

Select the norm/standard (JIS, ASTM, ISO, etc.) which determines the name and standard material number and input the norm/standard number.

JIS G 3135 etc

8 Inhouse Norms Optional Input the Nissan Engineering standard number (NES No.) which determines the name and internal material number.

NES M8015 etc

9 Supplier Optional Input the name of the material supplier who supplies the relevant material (do not input name of a trade company). -

10 Remark Optional Please state any other matter which should be reported to Nissan. However, it must be in English. -

11 Development Sample Report

Not necessary It is not necessary to place a check in the box. -

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Material classification In English and Japanese（Ver.1.20） Table 1 0 undefined 未定義

1 Steel and iron materials 鉄鋼及び鉄系材料

1.1 Steels / cast steel / sintered steel 鉄鋼/鋳鋼/焼結合金

1.1.1 unalloyed, low alloyed 非合金、低合金鋼

1.1.2 highly alloyed 高合金鋼

1.2 Cast iron 鋳鉄

1.2.1 Cast iron with lamellar graphite / tempered cast iron 片状黒鉛鋳鉄/可鍛鋳鉄

1.2.2 Cast iron with nodular graphite / vermicular cast iron 球状黒鉛鋳鉄/バーミキュラー鋳鉄

1.2.3 Highly alloyed cast iron 高合金鋳鉄

2 Light alloys, cast and wrought alloys 軽合金、鋳造・鍛造合金

2.1 Aluminium and aluminium alloys アルミニウム、アルミニウム合金

2.1.1 Cast aluminium alloys 鋳造アルミニウム合金

2.1.2 Wrought aluminium alloys 鍛造アルミニウム合金

2.2 Magnesium and magnesium alloys マグネシウム、マグネシウム合金

2.2.1 Cast magnesium alloys 鋳造マグネシウム合金

2.2.2 Wrought magnesium alloys 鍛造マグネシウム合金

2.3 Titanium and titanium alloys チタン、チタン合金

3 Heavy metals, cast and wrought alloys 重金属、鋳造・鍛造合金

3.1 Copper (e.g. copper amounts in cable harnesses) 銅（例、ケーブルハーネスの銅）

3.2 Copper alloys 銅合金

3.3 Zinc alloys 亜鉛合金

3.4 Nickel alloys ニッケル合金

3.5 Lead 鉛

4 Special metals 特殊金属

4.1 Platinum / rhodium 白金、ロジウム

4.2 Other special Materials その他特殊金属

5 Polymer materials 高分子材料

5.1 Thermoplastics 熱可塑性樹脂

5.1.a filled Thermoplastics フィラー（充填材）を含有する熱可塑性樹脂

5.1.b unfilled Thermoplastics フィラー（充填材）を含有しない熱可塑性樹脂

5.2 Thermoplastic elastomers 熱可塑性エラストマー

5.3 Elastomers / elastomeric compounds エラストマー/エラストマー複合材

5.4 Duromers 熱硬化性樹脂

5.4.1 Polyurethane ポリウレタン

5.4.2 Unsaturated polyester 不飽和ポリエステル

5.4.3 Other duromers その他の熱硬化性樹脂

5.5 Polymeric compounds (e.g. inseparable laminated trim parts) 高分子複合材（例、ラミネートされ分離できないトリム部品）

5.5.1 Plastics (in polymeric compounds) 高分子複合材に含まれる樹脂

5.5.2 Textiles (in polymeric compounds) 高分子複合材に含まれる繊維（織物）

6 Process polymers プロセスポリマー

6.1 Lacquers 塗料

6.2 Adhesives, sealants 接着剤、シーラント

6.3 Underseal アンダーシール

7 Other materials and material compounds (scope of mixture) その他材料、複合材

7.1 Modified organic natural materials (e.g. leather, wood, cardboard) 有機天然材料（例、皮革、木材、段ボールなど）

7.2 Ceramics / glass セラミック/ガラス

7.3 Other compounds (e.g. friction linings) その他複合材（例、摩擦ライニング）

8 Electronics / electrics 電気/電子部品材料

8.1 Electronics (e.g. pc boards, displays) 電子部品材料（例、プリント基板、デイスプレー）

8.2 Electrics 電気部品材料

9 Fuels and auxiliary means 燃料及び補充材

9.1 Fuels 燃料

9.2 Lubricants 潤滑剤

9.3 Brake fluid ブレーキフィールド

9.4 Coolant / other glycols 冷却液/その他グリコール

9.5 Refrigerant 冷媒

9.6 Washing water, battery acids ウォッシャー液、バッテリー液

9.7 Preservative 防腐剤

9.8 Other fuels and auxiliary means その他の燃料と補充材

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3-3-2 Input of items when creating basic substance data

No. Data Item Input Requirements (Mandatory/Optional) How to Input Data Input Examples

12 Confidential Optional When not specified by NES M0301, a substance up to a maximum of 10wt% in a homogeneous material may be treated as confidential. In that case, check the box where it says confidential.

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13 Portion Mandatory Input the design content ratio. Select one of the options from “range,fix value,rest (%)” If range or fix value is selected, the ratio must be inputted Substances which have to be declared according to the GADSL, have to be declared in IMDS.

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- Wild card Optional Up to a maximum of 10wt% -

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3-3-3 Input of items when creating component/semicomponent data

No. Data Item Input

Requirements (Mandatory/Optional)

How to Input Data Input Examples

14, 19 Description/Article Name

Mandatory Input the parts name specified in the Parts List provided by Nissan.

FRONT BUMPER etc

15, 20 Part/Item No. /Item-/Material-No

Mandatory Input the Part No. indicated in the drawing. If none is indicated, input the Part/Item No. assigned by the Supplier.

1234567890 etc

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Measured weight per item

Mandatory Input the design weight indicated in the drawing and select an appropriate weight unit. If the design weight is not known, you may input the actual measured weight.

6500[g] etc

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Tolerance Mandatory Input the Tolerance (design value) indicated in the drawing. If the tolerance is not indicated in the drawing, you may input the actual measured tolerance.

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Development Sample Report

Not necessary It is not necessary to place a check in the box. －

When creating

component data 1415

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When creating

semicomponent

data 19

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3-3-4 Input of items when creating data relating to material when material data is added to semicomponents or components

No. Data Item Input Requirements (Mandatory/Optional) How to Input Data Input Examples

22 Portion Mandatory

Input the design content ratio. Select one of the options from “range,fix value,rest (%)” If range or fix value is selected, the ratio must be inputted -

23 Weight Mandatory

Input the design weight of the relevant material indicated in the drawing and select an appropriate weight unit. If the design weight is not known, you may input the actual measured weight.

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24-26 Recyclate Information Mandatory

If the material contains, (1) in-house recycle material or (2)post consumer recycle material, You need to click “yes” into column 24 and then input content ratio of recycle material into either column 25 or 26

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When entering

additional material to

semicomponents

When entering

additional material

to semicomponents

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25

26

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3-3-5 Input of items relating to components when material data is added to a component

No. Data Item Input

Requirements (Mandatory/Optional)

How to Input Data Input Examples

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Description

Mandatory Input the parts name specified in the Parts List provided by Nissan.

FRONT BUMPER etc

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Part/Item No. Mandatory Input the Part No. indicated in the drawing. If none is indicated, input the Part/Item No. assigned by the customer.

1234567890 etc

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Measured weight per item

Mandatory Input the design weight indicated in the drawing and select an appropriate weight unit. If the design weight is not known, you may input the actual measured weight.

6500[g] etc

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Tolerance Mandatory Input the Tolerance (design value) indicated in the drawing. If the tolerance is not indicated in the drawing, you may input the actual measured tolerance.

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31 Polymeric part(s) marked

Mandatory For the indication of material type, select the relevant details. The method of material marking is specified in NES D0031

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Development Sample Report

Not necessary It is not necessary to place a check in the box. -

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3-3-6 Input of items outside the scope of EU ELV Annex II

No. Data Item Input

Requirements (Mandatory/Optional)

How to Input Data Input Examples

33 Application Mandatory In the case of not violated EU-ELV regulation ever though containing 4 heavy metals. Because of applicable of exemption specified in EU-ELV ANNEX II, You should select applicable application.

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Materials and Components Exempt from the EU End of Life Vehicle Directive (Excerpt from EU ELV Annex II)

Table 2

Materials and Components(Japanese) Materials and Components (English) Expiry Date

of the Exemption

IMDS Application ID (note1)

Lead １．機械加工の為のスチール及び亜鉛メッキ鋼：

最大０．３５wt%

Steel for machining purposes and galvanized steel:

containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight - 1

２, a）機械加工の為のアルミ ：最大１．５wt% Aluminum for machining purposes with a lead: content

up to 1.5% by weight 07/01/2008 2

２, ｂ）機械加工の為のアルミ ：最大０．４wt%

Aluminum for machining purposes with a lead: content

up to 0.4% by weight - 2

３．銅合金 ：最大４wt% Copper alloy: containing up to 4 % lead by weight - 3 ４．ベアリングシェル及びブッシュ Bearing shells and bushes 07/01/2008 42

５．バッテリー Batteries - 7

６．バイブレーションダンパー Vibration dampers - 8 ７．ｂ）パワートレイン用エラストマーの接着剤 ：

最大０．５wt%

Bonding agents for elastomers in powertrain

applications containing up to 0,5% lead by weight - 48

８．電子回路基板及び他の電気用途のはんだ

Solder in electronic circuit boards and other electric

applications - 13

１１．ガラス又はセラミック基質合成物中に鉛を含

有する電気部品（バルブのガラス、スパークプラ

グのガラス(glaze)を除く）

Electrical components which contain lead in a glass or

ceramic matrix compound except glass in bulbs and

glaze of spark plugs

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１２．点火装置 Pyrotechnic initiators - 18

Hexavalent chromium １３．ｂ）シャシー用のボルトとナットのアッセンブ

リに関する防錆コーティング

Corrosion preventive coatings related to bolt and

nut assemblies for chassis applications 07/01/2008 49

１４．モーターキャラバンの吸収式冷蔵庫 Absorption refrigerators in motorcaravans - 22

Mercury １５．放電ランプ及びインストパネルディスプレイ Discharge lamps and instrument panel displays - 25

Cadmium １７．電気自動車のバッテリー Batteries for electrical vehicles See Note 2

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Note 1: For the detail of IMDS application ID, please see FAQ of IMDS website, https://www.mdsystem.com/html/en/home_en.htm “Where can I find the ELV Directive and the latest version of Annex II?”

Note 2: After 31 December 2008, the placing on the market of NiCd batteries shall only be allowed as replacement parts for vehicles put on the market before this date

According to EU ELV ANNEX II, impurities are regulated as follows: - A maximum concentration value up to 0.1% by weight and per homogeneous material, for lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury and up to 0.01% by weight per homogeneous material for cadmium shall be tolerated. - The re-use of parts of vehicles which were already on the market at the date of expiry of an exemption is allowed without limitation since it is not covered by Chart 4 (2) (a).

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3-3-7 Input of items relating to company data

No. Data Item Input Requirements (Mandatory/Optional) How to Input Data Input Examples

34 Part/Item No Mandatory Input part number shown in Nissan drawings. Only 10 digits space is available and do not input hyphen or space, etc. between first 5 digits and last 5 digits.

1234567890 etc

35 Description Mandatory Input the parts name specified in the Parts List provided by Nissan.

FRONT BUMPER etc

36、47 Drawing No. Optional Input the Drawing No. The Drawing No. has 10 digits. Do not put a hyphen or space between the first 5 and second 5 digits

1234567890 etc

37、48 Drawing Dated Optional Input the date of the most recent design notification issue date for the particular part, or the Drawing Issue Date.

20080301 etc (if it is March 1, 2008)

38、49 Drawing Change Level

Data sheet of parts : Mandatory

Data sheet of Material : Optional

Input the most recent Drawing Notification No.

O1-X001 etc

39、50 Report No Not necessary - -

40、51 Date of report Not necessary - -

41、52 Purchase Order No. Optional Input production parts number and material code (item codes provided from purchase dept. of Nissan.)

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42、53 Bill of Delivery No. Not necessary - -

43、54 Supplier Code Mandatory Input the Supplier Code specified in the Parts List provided by Nissan.

N000,NL000 etc

44、55 Forwarding Allowed Mandatory Check “yes.” -

45 Internal Mat.-No.: Mandatory Input the material grade, or code, etc. specified in NES or MT code etc

JNB117 etc

46 Name Mandatory Input the symbol, or code, etc. to define Material. PP etc

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36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43

44

When sending data Sheet

of Parts

When sending data Sheet

of Material

45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

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3-3-8 Data destination

Data submission if it was requested by Nissan (Japan: NTC): ID 13822 Nissan technical Center (JAPAN) Data submission if it was requested by Nissan (EU: NTC-E): ID 13821 Nissan technical Centre Europe Data submission if it was requested by Nissan (North America: NTC-NA): ID 53918 Nissan technical Center

North America

3-3-9 Confirm the status of IMDS data You need to confirm the data which are not rejected. The data will be reviewed by Nissan. In the case of rejection, you need to confirm reason of rejection and re-submit to Nissan. 3-4 Examples of frequently occurring errors Examples of Frequently Occurring Errors

Example Solution Ａ No input has been made for the Parts name. Input the Parts name.

Ｂ The Parts name has been left as a component number. Input the Parts name.

Ｃ The Supplier Code is small capital letters. Be sure to input data in upper case half sized capital letters.

Ｄ The Supplier Code is missing Input the data.

Ｅ There is no “N” at the beginning of the Supplier Code.

If it is a domestic supplier, the input should have N + 1 English letter + 3 digits such as “NS101”

Ｆ The Supplier Code has been inputted into the column for the Bill of Delivery No.

Input it into the Supplier code column.

Ｇ The Supplier Code has been inputted into the space for the Report No.

Input the Supplier code specified in the Parts List provided by Nissan into the Supplier code column.

Ｈ There is a hyphen in the Supplier Code. Do not use hyphens, etc. in Supplier Codes such as in “NH-000.”

Ｉ The Part No. is not a 10-digit number. It contains letters more than 11 digits.

Be sure not to indicate parts number in the following manner: [00000 11111] or [H000-1111-222].

J Small capital is included in the English letters of the Part No.

Please be sure to input data using capital letters.

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3-5 Other Examples of Frequently Asked Questions

Examples of Frequently Asked Questions

Table 4 Category Question Answer

Our company is already registered on IMDS in relation to another company. Does our company have to register again in relation to business with Nissan?

There is no need to register again.

Our company would like to register with IMDS, but how do we go about it?

Registration can be completed online at the IMDS website.

Registration with IMDS

How much fees are charged for using IMDS?

There are no charges for suppliers. The OEM side (Nissan) pays EDS charges based on the total number of MDSs.

Contact Person, Client Manager

We are not sure about what kind of person is appropriate as a Contact Person or Client Manager.

The Contact Person is a person who is familiar with materials. A Client Manager is a person who manages the User IDs in your company and who is the contact person with EDS.

Password Although I inputted the password, a lock was applied and I was unable to log in. What do I do?

There is nothing that Nissan can do. You should ask the Client Manager of your company to reset your password. If the problem remains unresolved, you should contact the IMDS Service Center of EDS.

Operationality Can’t I input data in Japanese? No, it is not possible. This is a system that was developed in Europe and all data must be inputted using half-sized English letters.

I have registered with IMDS but when I actually go to use the system, it takes a long time to switch from one page to the next. Is there anything I can do?

It depends on the internal internet connection environment but it could also be because the IMDS server is located in Europe.

If we send our company’s data to Nissan, is there a possibility that it will be seen by other suppliers?

No. Basically, only companies whose address you specify will be able to view your company’s information. However, if when you transmit your information you press the “Publish” button, your company’s information can be viewed by all IMDS users.

Data Transmission

When you try to transmit data sheet to Nissan after “Internal” data transmission, you can’t see the “Send” button.(“Propose” and “Published” are only indicated into the IMDS.)

You should choose “Send” button. If you choose “Publishing ” button, everyone can freely look at the data sheet.