The gold ring · Standards-Based Training
Train to the standard your industry audits you against.
Seven topic areas, one standard of mastery — IATF 16949, core tools, validation and quality systems. Sixty-four programs, all turning around the same center: getting it right, the way your industry checks for it.
64 programs · 7 topic areas · outer gold ring
The 7 topic areas
Every station on the gold ring.
64 programs across 7 topic areas — each one a station on the Standards-Based Training ring. Open a topic area for its full program list.
Automotive Core Tools
APQP – Advanced Product Quality Planning · Control Plan Development · PPAP – Production Part Approval Process
Quality Systems
IATF 16949 Awareness · IATF 16949 Internal Auditor · Customer Specific Requirements
Supplier Quality
Supplier Qualification · Supplier Auditing · Supplier Development
Problem Solving
8D Problem Solving · Root Cause Analysis · 5 Why Analysis
Validation & Testing
DV / PV Test Planning · Environmental Testing Basics · Thermal Cycling
Electronics Quality
Electronics Manufacturing Quality Basics · PCB Assembly Inspection · IPC-A-610 Awareness
Compliance & Sustainability
Supply Chain Sustainability · Responsible Sourcing · Forced Labor and Human Rights Awareness
Want the complete syllabus for all 94 programs? Browse all 94 programs →
Who trains here
Two ways into this ring.
Standards-Based Training isn't reserved for whole departments — individuals build the same expertise, one credential at a time. Both draw from the same 64-program curriculum.
Individuals
Build the standards expertise auditors look for — core tools, validation, quality systems — one program at a time, on your own schedule.
Start your own track →Business
Equip your whole team to the standard your customers and auditors expect — cohort pricing, on-site or live-virtual, built around your plant's schedule.
Train your whole team →How we deliver
Four ways to enter the gold ring.
However your team trains, it draws from the same 64-program Standards-Based Training curriculum.
In-person
Hands-on labs and workshops — measurement, validation and audit practice in the room where the standard gets applied.
Live-virtual
Instructor-led sessions for IATF 16949 awareness, internal-auditor training and core-tools refreshers — same rigor, no travel.
Structured programs
Multi-week tracks that build a core-tools team from fundamentals to audit-ready, in sequence.
On-demand
Self-paced modules for quick reference — a control-plan refresher, a PPAP checklist, on the clock that fits.
The gold ring, by the numbers
Sixty-four programs. One standard.
Part of one larger orbit: 94 programs in total, across 10 topic areas and 2 tracks, delivered 4 ways. No inflated claims — built in Southfield, Michigan.
Next cohort
The gold ring opens again soon.
Cohorts open on a rolling basis — in-person and live-virtual, individual and team seats both. Dates are announced soon; the fastest way in is a conversation about where your team stands today.
Dates announced soon — reach out to reserve your place.
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