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中国汽车材料数据系统
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User’s Manual
China Automotive Material Data System
Management Center
Preface
CAMDS is a product data management platform specially designed and
developed for the purpose of improving the recycling rate of end-of-life vehicles by
implementing the management of the recoverability rate of end-of-life vehicles and
the prohibited/restricted materials in automotive products. It will help the auto
manufacturers to realize the information management of the material data of
various products in the whole parts supply chain.
Please read the User’s Manual carefully before using CAMDS. The User’s
Manual describes all the functions of CAMDS and provides detailed explanations on
the operation and processing procedure related to the Material Data Sheet (MDS).
After reading this manual, you will have a deeper understanding of CAMDS, which
will provide you useful guidance in your practical operation.
If you encounter any problem, please consult this manual first before asking for
technical support. If you can not find the information you need from the manual, you
can get access to our support by following means:
 Send emails or call CAMDS Customer Service Center (Refer to the back cover
of this manual for contact information).
China Automotive Material Data System Management Center

January . 14th, 2021
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Content
1 CAMDS-General Account...................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Brief Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 CAMDS Management Center.................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Product Supply Chain and CAMDS Registration Procedure................................................5
1.4 Application Environment............................................................................................................. 7
2 Introduction to CAMDS........................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Log in System............................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Registration Process................................................................................................................. 13
3 Create MDS/Module..............................................................................................................................19
3.1 Basic Substance.........................................................................................................................19
3.2 Standard Material.......................................................................................................................20
3.3 Create MDS（update）............................................................................................................ 21
3.4 Module......................................................................................................................................... 42
3.5 Auxiliary Operation（update）................................................................................................ 42
4 Internal/Send/Propose/Publish MDS..................................................................................................48
4.1 The Check Procedure................................................................................................................48
4.2 MDS Status................................................................................................................................. 49
4.3 Recipient Status of MDS...........................................................................................................50
4.4 Specify recipients....................................................................................................................... 51
4.5 MDS Releasing Operation（update）................................................................................... 54
5 Sent/Received........................................................................................................................................58
5.1 Sent.............................................................................................................................................. 58
5.2 Received......................................................................................................................................58
5.3 Accept/Reject.............................................................................................................................. 59
6 Search for MDS/Module....................................................................................................................... 62
6.1 Search.......................................................................................................................................... 62
6.2 View/Modify................................................................................................................................. 66
6.3 Delete........................................................................................................................................... 66
6.4 Copy............................................................................................................................................. 68
6.5 Preview........................................................................................................................................ 72
7 Analyze.................................................................................................................................................... 73
7.1 Classification Analysis............................................................................................................... 73
7.2 Special Substance Analysis（update）.............................................................................. 76
7.3 MDS Analysis（new）.............................................................................................................. 79
8 Management...........................................................................................................................................80
8.1 Enterprise Information............................................................................................................... 80
8.2 User Management......................................................................................................................81
8.3 Trust User.................................................................................................................................... 83
8.4 MDS Statistics............................................................................................................................ 85
8.5 Chargeable nodes statistics..................................................................................................... 86
8.6 User-defined checking rules.....................................................................................................87
9 Request................................................................................................................................................... 89
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9.1 Create and Send a Request.....................................................................................................89
9.2 Reject / Accept Request............................................................................................................92
10 MDS folder............................................................................................................................................96
10.1 Folder Management................................................................................................................ 96
10.2 MDS Management...................................................................................................................98
11 CAMDS Advanced Functions.......................................................................................................... 101
11.1. CAMDS Suppliers Star-rating............................................................................................. 101
11.2. CAMDS Compliance Statement and Commitment......................................................... 101
11.3. VOC Section in CAMDS...................................................................................................... 104
11.4. AMASS Green Card.............................................................................................................. 105
11.5. MDS obselete(new).............................................................................................................. 106
11.6. MDS lock(new)...................................................................................................................... 107
12 Others..................................................................................................................................................108
12.1. Follow Up............................................................................................................................... 108
12.2. Messages............................................................................................................................... 109
12.3. Settings...................................................................................................................................110
12.4. MDS update........................................................................................................................... 111
Appendix I Material Classification list in Chinese and English........................................................113
Appendix II Checking Rules.................................................................................................................. 115
Appendix III Content Rules of Material................................................................................................118
AppendixⅣStar level assessment procedures (2019)..................................................................... 119
AppendixⅤCompliance statement and commitment........................................................................121
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1 CAMDS-General Account
1.1 Brief Introduction

Since the beginning of 1990s, people have been paying more and more concern to the
environmental protection of automotive products. How to dispose end-of-life vehicles in an
economic and environmentally friendly way to promote the sustainable development of the
automotive industry has become the focal point that arouses the attention of the whole world's
automotive industry. At the same time, various legislations concerning waste disposal
management become more and more stringent. The EU Commission and European Parliament
published the Directives on the Recycling and Reuse of End-of-life Vehicles (Directive
2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC), which specify the two-phase targets for the reuse and recovery
as well as the reuse and recycling of end-of-life vehicles in EU countries. The Directives also
provide the limit of recycling rate and specify the heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium,
hexavalent chromium) that are prohibited or restricted from use in automotive products. The
member states published their mandatory regulations successively to implement these
Directives. Starting from January 1, 2007, the EU member state governments have
implemented the end-of-life vehicle directives completely.
With the rapid development of China automotive industry in the past years, the scraping
and recycling issues of end-of-life vehicles become more and more obvious and turned to be
one of the bottlenecks that restrict the smooth development of China automotive industry.
According to estimation, there are about 9 millions end-of-life vehicles during the
"11th-five-year-plan" period in the whole country. This will have significant impact on the
development of China auto industry, the situation of energy and resources consumption as well
as the environmental protection.
In order to cope with this new situation, promote the construction and development of
circular economy system , protect the environment, improve the resources utilization rate, apply
"Scientific Outlook on Development" and achieve sustainable development of society and
economy, National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC), Ministry of Science and
Technology( MOST) and State Environmental Protection Administration(SEPA) promulgated
"Recycling and Reutilization Policy of Automotive Product" (herein after referred as "Technical
Policy") jointly on February 6, 2006. The "Technical Policy" is a guidance document to
consummate China automotive product scrapping and the recycling system, which involves the
whole supply chain of automotive industry. The "policy" serves as a common require to both
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domestic-made and imported auto products, with the purpose of providing guidance to
production and marketing of automobile, relevant enterprise initiating, developing and
promoting the work and activities for auto product design, manufacture, scrapping, recycling
and reutilization. The target of this "Technical Policy" is to make all the domestic and imported
auto vehicle products reach the world advanced level after year 2017 in terms of recoverability
rate. The recoverability rate of the complete vehicle will reach around 95%.
CAMDS is a product data management platform for implementing the "Technical

Policy" ,carrying out the certification of recoverability rate and prohibited/restricted substance
and improving the recoverability rate of China automotive material. It will help the auto
manufacturers to conduct information management of various products and links in their supply
chain. With this system, components suppliers can fill out and report the information describing
the use of basic substance and material of component to the complete vehicle manufacturers
and carry out the unified classification management of the reported products. On the basis of
these data, the complete vehicle manufacturers can trace and analyze the use of
prohibited/restricted substances in auto products at all stages, such as in the period of design,
manufacture, production, marketing and recycle, etc. CAMDS provides a solution to trace the
chemical composition of auto components in the whole supply chain for China automotive
industry and improves the environmental protection and recycle level of the part material in
China auto products.
Advantages of CAMDS：
1. It can be used by all kinds of enterprises in the automotive sector, including vehicle
manufacturers and their Tier I, Tier II…and Tier N parts and components suppliers.
2. Suppliers can provide parts information to multiple vehicle manufacturers using

CAMDS, which is beneficial to cost reduction.
3. The system is of high security. The SSL digital security certificate is used to encrypt
database access and data transmission.
4. The system can be used internationally. Multilingual information fill-in function is

provided.
5. Huge amount of standard data can help enterprises to fill in and report the data easily
and conveniently.
1.2 CAMDS Management Center

CAMDS Management Center (hereinafter referred to as management center) is located in
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China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC). It is mainly in charge of the daily
operation and maintenance of CAMDS and functions as the Secretariat of CAMDS
Management Committee.
The Management Committee of CAMDS is the management and decision making body for
the construction, operation, service and maintenance of CAMDS. The main purpose of setting
up this Committee is to improve the technical level of automotive products and help enterprises
to answer the relevant regulatory and statutory requirements. If you want to know the
information about the members of CAMDS management committee, please refer to the official
website of CAMDS.
1.3 Product Supply Chain and CAMDS Registration Procedure

The parts supply chain in the automotive industry is shown as Fig.1.1. Tier I suppliers are
the upper stream enterprises of vehicle manufacturers and Tier II suppliers are the upper
stream enterprises of Tier I suppliers and so on.
Fig.1.1 Production and Sales Supply Chain of auto parts
Based on the approval of CAMDS management committee, the system administrator of the
management center is responsible for the registration of the OEMs who apply for joining in
CAMDS. At the same time, an enterprise administrator account will be established. CAMDS will
automatically send an email including relevant information of the account to the email box
provided by the OEM.
At present，there are two major ways of registration for suppliers:
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 Level-by-level authorization mode. The enterprise administrators of OEM are responsible
for the registration of their Tier I suppliers. And the enterprise administrators of Tier I
suppliers are responsible for the registration of the Tier II suppliers and the rest may be
inferred until the registration work is completed for all the users on the auto parts
production and sales supply chain. The details are shown in Fig.1.2:
Fig.1.2 CAMDS Users’ Registration Procedure
Meanwhile, the enterprise administrator of each company can register CAMDS account
for other users in their own company. For the detailed procedure, see to Chapter 2.2.
 For the convenience of users to get the account as soon as possible, CAMDS has opened
the permissions to all users. Users can register on the login page by clicking the button
[Register] and then complete the information to finish the registration. The registration page
is shown in Fig. 1.3.
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Fig 1.3 Personal registration page
1.4 Application Environment

（1） Browser Requirement: Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0，8.0.and 9.0
（2） If you want to use the PDF preview function of CAMDS, please make sure that PDF
Reader is installed in your computer.
（3） To make sure the consistency of the system data, CAMDS adopts single sign-on. It is
not allowed for one User ID to login on different client-side at the same time, that is to say every
User ID can only establish one active connection at a certain time. If a user login in the system
somewhere else after the user has already login in before that, the former login will be canceled
and the latter one will be valid.
（4） If the user didn't execute any operation in 30 minutes and want to continue using
CAMDS, please login again.
（5） If Users mismatched their user name or password for three times consecutively, the
account will be locked for 30 minutes.
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2 Introduction to CAMDS
2.1 Log in System
2.1.1 Ways to Use CAMDS

You can open the login screen by clicking “Login” on the English homepage
(http://www.camds.org.cn/camds_en/) or by entering the following address in the browser:
http://ctc.camds.org.cn/camds/mainpage.action?request_locale=en
Fig.2.1 System Log-in Screen
On this screen, you must firstly select the English language and then enter User ID,
password and validate code. After clicking "Login in" button, you will get into the main screen
of CAMDS. On this screen,
① User ID and validate code are not case sensitive. But the password is case sensitive.
② If the number or letter in the validate code box is illegible, please click "Refresh" until you
get the legible one.
2.1.2 User information consistency verification

It is necessary to verify the availability of users email address for the purpose of ensuring users to
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receive the relevant information and latest news. User’s email address is forced to be checked
every 90 days. After confirming the information, click the button “send validate code”, then put the
code into the input box next to the button to finish the verification. As shown in Fig. 2.2.
Fig 2.2 User information consistency verification
2.1.3 Main Screen of the System
Fig. 2.3 Main Screen of the System
Subject Area Shows the name of the system, name of the user, name and identification
of the Enterprise that the user belongs to, message button and log-off button.
Menu Area Menu options are shown according to the authorization of the logged-on
user. Upon clicking the main menu, all the sub-menus are shown. Upon clicking the sub-menu,
the result will be displayed in the working area. The user shown in Fig.2.3 is an enterprise
administrator who has the top level authority in the enterprise.
Working Area This is the area that shows the executing result of the menu. The relevant
operation in this area will be described in detail in the latter chapters.
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2.1.4 Password Change
（1） As a new user, you are required to change the initial password first time you login in as
shown in Fig. 2.4. Click “Modify” button after entering new password to finish the password
changing operation. If you click “Close” button, the window will close and you cannot log in
CAMDS successfully.
Fig.2.4 Initial Password Change
（2） If you are an existing user who wants to change your password, you can click the
sub-menu "Modify Password" under the main menu "Others" after successfully login in
CAMDS. Fig.2.5 shows the operation of changing password.
Fig.2.5 Change Password
When the password is changed in the two ways above-mentioned, the new password must
be different from the previous one and contain no less than 8 English letters, Numeric
characters or their combination. Passwords are case sensitive. After the password is changed, it
will expire in 90 days. CAMDS will require the users to change the passwords after 90 days. If
the user inputs wrong password 3 times continuously, the system will lock the account for 30
minutes automatically. After 30 minutes, the user may continue to enter the password. He/she
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can log in the system only when the password is correctly input.
2.1.5 User’s ID/Password Forgotten

If you forget your user ID or password, you have the chance to retrieve your user ID and
password as long as you remember the email address associated with the ID. The operation is
as follows:
（1） If you forget your user ID, click "User ID forgotten" on the log-in page to get to the
screen as shown in Fig.2.6:
Fig.2.6 Log-in User ID Forgotten
Enter the email address associated with the user ID and then click "Send" button. Later
CAMDS will send the corresponding User ID to that email address. If one email address is used
to register multiple user IDs, multiple IDs will be sent to that email address.
（2） If you remember your user ID but forget the password, click "New Password" button
to get to the following screen as shown in Fig.2.7:
Fig. 2.7 Log-in password forgotten
Enter your User ID and the corresponding email address. Then click "Send" button. Later
CAMDS will generate a new password for you and send that password to the user’s email
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address.
2.1.6 Read the Use Conditions

After the users who log-in for the first time finish changing the passwords successfully, the
window of "Read the Use Conditions" pops up. See Fig.2.8. If you agree the conditions,
please click "Read and Agree" button. After that, you can use CAMDS normally. If you don't
want to have this window pop up every time you log in, you just check off the option: "Don’t
show it again next time". If the user can use CAMDS smoothly, the management deems that
this user is aware of and acquiesces in the use conditions of CAMDS. CAMDS conditions have
legal effect, so please read the use conditions carefully.
Fig. 2.8 Read “CAMDS Use Conditions"
2.1.7 User’s Access Authorization

To ensure the security of CAMDS data, CAMDS uses strict user’s authorization system.
When the administrators register the users of the Enterprise, they have to assign a role for each
user to restrict the user's rights in CAMDS. One enterprise can register multiple users. Their
functions and rights may be different and every user can only execute operation corresponding
to his role in CAMDS.
Three roles can be assigned to enterprise users: Enterprise Administrator, Regular User
and Read-only User. The details are as follows:
（1） Enterprise Administrator

Administrators have the top level authorization in CAMDS, which is CAMDS
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administration permission (Details are described in "User Management" in Chapter 8.2). At the
same time, all the users in the enterprise need to choose an enterprise administrator in the
“supplier information” as the contractor for the created MDS, The relevant contact information
will be displayed according to the selection.
It is recommended that each enterprise has more than two administrators for security and
backup purposes. For the convenience of enterprise administration, please don’t assign the
administration right to too many users. That means not to register too many administrators in
CAMDS.
（2） Regular User

Regular users have to be registered by the administrator. They don’t have administration
right but have right to create, send, propose or publish the MDSs, accept or reject the MDSs
received from other enterprises, send and receive requests and manage the MDSs by
classification. They also can change their own contact information and passwords in CAMDS.
（3） Read-only User

Read-only users have to be registered by Administrator. Read-only users can only browse
but can not modify the MDSs of their own Enterprise. They can not process the MDSs of other
enterprises, not to speak of executing classification management to MDSs. But the read-only
users have the capability to update their own contact information and passwords in CAMDS.
2.2 Registration Process

Only the administrators have the right to register for others. Administrator can register for
the following users:
（1） lower-level Suppliers（Companies at the upper stream of the supply chain）
The administrator needs to fill in the detailed information of the suppliers and the
information of the supplier administrator.
（2） Other Users in his own enterprise
The administrator can assign different access authorization to the users of his enterprise.
Note: When an administrator register users, the identifications of the users

registered have to be clearly distinguished. Do not register suppliers as users of your own
Enterprise in case the suppliers illegally read the information on the material data sheets of your
own Enterprise.
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2.2.1 Register Suppliers
The Enterprise Administrators click the sub-menu "Register Supplier" under the main
menu of "Management" to open the following screen as shown in Fig.2.9:
Fig.2.9 Register Suppliers
Information needs to be filled in when registering suppliers:
（1） Enterprise Information of the Supplier

Chinese Name: The maximum length for the Chinese Name of the Enterprise registered
is 100 characters and no duplication is allowed. This field is required. If the Chinese name of
enterprise hasn't been registered, the system will prompt "This Chinese Name is available". If
the Chinese name of Enterprise has already existed in CAMDS, the system will prompt “The
enterprise has been registered and has already had a CAMDS account. You needn’t to register
again. Please contact with your supplier or CAMDS Administration Center. ".
English Name：Enter the English Name of the Enterprise. No Chinese character shall be
included. The maximum length for this is 100 characters. This field is required. If the English
name of the enterprise hasn't been registered, the system will prompt "This English Name is
available". If the English name of the enterprise has already existed in CAMDS, the system will
prompt "The enterprise has been registered and has already had a CAMDS account. You
needn’t to register again. Please contact with your supplier or CAMDS Administration Center.”.
Institution Code ： Institution code is the nation-wide unique and never changing legal
identification generated and given to an organization, institute, Enterprise, NGO, private
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Enterprise and other bodies by the national quality and technical supervision department
according to the national standard. Here the industry and commerce registration number or
industry and commerce taxation number can be filled in. This field is required. If there is no such
code for foreign enterprises, please fill in the unique number the enterprise got when it is
registered in the country, or fill in the DUNS Code..
Country：Select from the pull-down menu. It is acquiesced as China. This field is required.
Address: The location of the Enterprise registered. This field is required.
DUNS Code ： DUNS® Code is a unique nine-digit global code system as well as an
internationally recognized and frequently used identification code. The format is XX-XXX-XXXX.
It is optional. Chinese companies may not fill it.
Foreign Name of Enterprise/Province/City/Postal Code: all fields are optional.
Main Business: The main products and services the registered enterprise is involved in.
This field is optional.
Enterprise Identity: This is an identification of whether an enterprise is an OEM or a

supplier. The companies have no right to change the information in this field. All the users
registered by the Enterprise are suppliers.
（2） Information of Supplier’s Administrator

The information of the supplier’s administrators is filled in here.
Name/Telephone No. / Fax No. / E-mail: All must be filled in. Please fill in the information
carefully (especially the E-mail address) and make sure the information filled in is correct.
Otherwise it will affect the normal use of the supplier users.
After that, click "Register" button, then the system will send an email with account
information to the E-mail box of the supplier's enterprise administrator.
2.2.2 Register the Enterprise’s Own Users

The administrator clicks the sub-menu "User" under the main menu "Management" to
open the following screen as shown in Fig.2.10.
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Fig.2.10 User Management
Click "Create" button on the right side of working area as shown in Fig.2.11 to open the
screen as shown in Fig.2 11:
Fig.2.11 Create an Enterprise’s Own User
Fill in the relevant information of the new user on the screen shown in Fig. 2.11. On this
screen,
 Name, E-mail, Telephone No. and Fax No. are the fields that must be filled in. To
ensure that the users can receive the register information, please fill in the valid email address.
 The Access permission is acquiesced as "Regular User". The Administrator can

change the role of the user by clicking "Access Permissions" pull-down menu according to the
nature of the users work. The roles of user in CAMDS include read-only user, regular user and
administrator user. The detailed information of access permissions is given in section 2.1.7.
 "Department" means the department in which the user is working. One or more
department(s) can be assigned to one user. Click "Add" button to open the search page, as
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shown in Fig 2.12. On this page, choose a department and click "Apply" button to add it to the
page shown as Fig2.11. The current page shown as Fig 2.11 will not be closed. You can still
choose other department and click "Apply" button to add it. Click "OK" button, the chosen
department will be added and the page shown as Fig 2.12 will be closed.
Fig 2.12 Search for department
After adding department(s) for a user, a page will be shown as Fig 2.13. To delete a
department, click "Delete" button. All the users created by the Enterprise Administrator are
under the enterprise. Therefore, the enterprise to which the users belong cannot be deleted.
Only the department can be deleted.
Fig 2.13 Delete department

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After an administrator creates a new user, the system will automatically generate user ID
and password for the user and send them to the user by an email.
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3 Create MDS/Module
The main focus of this manual is to describe the operation procedure and steps when using
CAMDS. If the users want to have a deeper understanding on how to fill in and report the data,
please ask the downstream Enterprise (e.g. OEM et al) for the 《CAMDS Recommendations》
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Material Data Sheet----------MDS
3.1 Basic Substance

Basic substance is a combination of elements or chemicals formed either by nature or by
fabrication. It includes all the incidental components which is responsible for the maintenance of
the stability of substance, but not includes the relevant solvent which can be separated from the
material but can not decrease its stability or change its structure. Basic substance mainly
includes elements, compound and polymer. CAMDS provides a basic substance database,
including more than 8000 basic substances. The database almost covers all the basic
substances contained by automobile materials at present. CAMDS does not allow users to
create basic substances. They can only use them by searching in the database. In the practical
filling and reporting process, if you find certain basic substance doesn't exist in CAMDS, please
contact with us. After the verification of professionals, the basic substance will be added to the
basic substance database.
The attributes of basic substance includes: name, synonym, English name, CAS No.,
EU-Index, EINECS, group and GADSL. Among the above mentioned attributes:
CAS No. is the registration No. of Chemical Abstract Service. Every substance only owns
one CAS No. . CAS No. is composed of 10 digits, which is separated by hyphen (-) into three
parts. The digit on the rightmost is the checking digit which is used to check the uniqueness and
validity of the entire number. CAS No. is an very important tool to search for the information of
chemicals which have several names.
EU-Index is the substance identification code of Annex Ⅰ of Directive CLP-1272-2008-EC

of the European Parliament and of the Council. Substances are incorporated in this Annex
according to the order of index number.
EC-Index stands for European Inventory of Existing commercial Chemical Substances. It is

a set of registration numbers for every kind of chemical used for commercial purpose between
1th, July, 1971 and 18th, September, 1981 in European Union. According to the rule of Directive
CLP-1272-2008-EC, EINECS No. must be marked on the label and the packing of dangerous
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goods.
The classification of basic substance: Lead and its compounds, chromic salt(Cr-VI),
Mercury and its compounds, Cadmium and its compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon,
prohibited/restricted substance, polymer, fibre/reinforcing Material, rubber, thermoplastic
elastomer, PBBs/PBDEs.
GADSL stands for Global Automotive Declarable Substance List. The list puts forward the
requirement to prohibit or declare substance used in automotive products when using it. The
substances in the list are divided into the follow types:
 Marked "P": prohibited in all applications.
 Marked "D/P": prohibited in some applications and declarable in other circumstances.
 Marked "D": declarable when exceeding the limit, but not limited to use in automotive
components.
To make it clear, declarable and prohibited substances in a tree structure are distinguished
with the following color differences.
 The substances which are marked declarable (D) will appear in blue in the MDS tree.
 The substances which are marked declarable (D) and prohibited (P) at the same time
and the substances which are only marked as "prohibited" will appear in red in the MDS tree.
See Fig.3.1.
Fig.3.1 GADSL Color Flag
3.2 Standard Material

In order to help the users to fill in and report the data accurately and conveniently, CAMDS
provides a standard material database which contains more than 7000 standard materials. The
publisher of the standard materials is "CAMDS Management Committee". The details are
described in Chapter 6.1 "Search".
During the practical filling and reporting process, if the users find that the data of standard
material is wrong or certain materials doesn't exist in the database, please contact us. After the
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verification of professionals, the standard material database will be updated by CAMDS
management center.
3.3 Create MDS
3.3.1 Types and Structure of MDS

There are three types: component, semi-component and material. Their icons and
descriptions are as shown in Table 3.1.
Icon Name Description
A component may be a complete vehicle, a complete assembly

(such as an engine cylinder etc.), or a secondary component within
Component an assembly (such as cylinder cover or rocker arm etc.). A
component must have at least one material, one semi- component,
or one component / sub-component.
A semi-component is not the same thing as a sub-component within

components. It is a semi-finished product, e.g. steel rim, steel pipe,
leather etc., which will go through further processing (cutting,
Semi-component
stamping) to become a component. A semi-component is composed
of one or more materials. It has no fixed mass value before it is
processed into a component.
Material is used to produce semi-component and component. It has

one or more basic substances. Generally, materials are
Material
distinguishable, such as PVC, standard steel, and internal formula of
an enterprise etc.
Table 3.1 MDS Types and Descriptions
Each type of MDS (component, semi-component or material) is expressed through the

structure tree. MDSs have hierarchical structure and follow the parent/child relationship.
Components may have other components, semi-components, and materials as child nodes.
Semi-components may only have other semi-components and materials as child nodes.
Materials may only have other materials and basic substances as child nodes.
In the structure tree of MDS，the MDS/Module referenced exteriorly will be marked with a
black dot in the center of the icon to differentiate it from the non-MDS nodes within the tree. All
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the MDS/Module with a black dot in the icon is independent and can be found in the system.
See Fig.3.2.
Fig.3.2 The referenced node
Click the sub menu "MDS" under the main menu "Create" in CAMDS. The window for
selecting type of MDS will appear in the working area as shown in Fig 3.3.
Fig.3.3 Create MDS
Users select different "Create" button according to their need. After choosing one of the
three buttons, the following structure will appear in the main menu on the left-hand side:
ingredients, Supplier information and Recipient data. See Fig 3.4.
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Fig.3.4 Three Sections of MDS
The detailed information will be explained in the following sections.
3.3.2 Ingredients
Creation of MDS starts from "Ingredients" as shown in Fig.3.5.
Fig 3.5 MDS Details
The working area is divided into two parts. The left side shows the MDS tree structure and
the right side displays the details of the selected node. The description of the buttons on top of
the left side of working area is shown in Table 3.2.
Icon of the
Function When to Display
Button
Expand the nodes in the structure tree.

Details are given in Chapter 3.5.2 Always displayed
"Expand and Collapse Node"
Collapse the nodes in the structure tree. Always displayed
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Icon of the
Function When to Display
Button
Details are given in Chapter 3.5.2
"Expand and Collapse Node"
Filter the nodes in the structure tree.

Always displayed
Details are given in 3.5.3 "Filter Nodes".
To add a new component node to the Displayed when the selected

current node in the MDS structure tree. node is a component.
Displayed when the selected

To add a new semi-component node
node is a component or
under the current node.
semi-component.

To reference a material node under the
node is a component or semi-
current node.
component, or material.

To reference a basic substance node material node is not a
under the current node. referenced one during the
creation of a material. .
To add a MDS/module that has already Displayed when the selected

existed in the system under the node is a component or
current node. semi- component.
To delete the selected node and its child

Displayed when the child
nodes. For the details, refer to Chapter
node is selected.
3.5.1 "Delete Node".
Table 3.2 Descriptions of Buttons in Ingredients
When creating a MDS, the system creates an acquiescent name for every new component,
semi-component and material node, e.g. "Component_CA_5_3500". Please change it into a
name with practical implication. Otherwise, the MDS check procedure will deliver a warning
message.
Every MDS has a unique identification whose format is "ID/version". ID is generated by the
system automatically. There are decimal version and integer version. The ingredients of the
MDS of decimal version can be modified. While the MDS of integer version is an official version
and the ingredients of it cannot be modified.
It starts from creating the material to create a MDS containing the material. The users can
use not only the standard material published by CAMDS Management Center and the material
created by themselves, but also the accepted MDS sent/proposed by the supplier. The creation
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of a material will be introduced below.
3.3.2.1 Create Material

（1） Select Material Category
When a material is created, the first step is to select the material category as shown in the
following Figure.
Fig.3.6 Select Material Category
Click "Next" button shown in Fig.3.6. When the material category selected is one of the
categories shown in the following table, additional information should be filled in. See Table
3.3.
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Category Description Additional Information Required
Filled
5．1．a
Thermoplastics
Unfilled
5．1．b
Thermoplastics
Thermoplastic
5．2
elastomers
Elastomers /
5．3 elastomeric
compounds
Table 3.3 Fill Additional Material Information
Of which,
 Make the selection in the pull-down menu according to the relevant standard.
 Plasticizer and Flame Retardant: If the material contains plasticizers or flame

retardants, click the corresponding check box.
 Composed Symbol: This is generated automatically according to the selections made

before. It also can be edited manually.
（2） Fill in the Basic Information of the Material
Information needs to be filled in when creating a material is shown as below:
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Fig.3.7 Basic Information of Material
ID/Version ： This is the unique identification and version number. This is automatically
generated by the system.
Supplier：This is the name of the enterprise to which the creator of the material belongs.
This is automatically generated by the system.
Material Name: Description of the material. This field supports various language input. This
field must be filled in and it is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
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Name (Foreign): This field is optional. It is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
Material No: The number assigned by the creator’s enterprise to the material. This field is
optional. If the user does not fill in this field, a warning message will appear during the checking
process.
Trade Name: The trade name of the material in Chinese. This field is optional.
Material Code/Material Symbol: Material code and Material symbol will be displayed
according to material classification. When the material classification is among 1-4 categories,
Material Code will appear. When the material classification is the 5th category, Material Symbol
will appear.
Norms/Standards: This field matches up with the field of "Material Code/Material Symbol".
The quoted norms/standards can be added or deleted. Click the button " ", and the
following window will pop up. See Fig.3.8.
Fig.3.8 Select Norms/Standards
In this window, users can select the standard and fill in the code. As the result, the
combination of the standard and the code will be displayed in the field of Norms/Standards. This
function can be used repeatedly and more than one norm/standard can be added.
Test Report No：This is optional. Corresponding report No. can be entered.
Creation Date/Check Date/Release Date: This is generated automatically by the system.
（3） Create structure tree of material
A. Add MDS
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① A material can reference another MDS to be its child node. Click " " button to search for the
MDS which is going to be referenced.
Fig 3.9 MDS& Module search
② Enter the search criteria in the pop-up. Click "Search" button, then select one result and
click "Apply" button to add the selected MDS under the material node.
Fig 3.10 Add a MDS under a material node
③ When adding a MDS to a material node, the proportion attribute needs to be filled in.
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Fig 3.11 Fill in the "proportion" for a MDS under a material node
B. Add basic substance
① A material can add a basic substance to be its child node. Click to search for and add
the appropriate basic substance.
Fig. 3.12 Search for Basic Substance
Basic substance can be searched by CAS No. (Preferred), EU-Index, EC-Index, Group,
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GADSL category and REACH-SVHC.
There are three basic substances in CAMDS whose CAS number is "system". Users can
use them to replace the mixed or unknown basic substance in a material. The three basic
substances are Additives, Ingredient and Misc respectively, which are collectively called
wildcards. The sum of the content of confidential substance and wildcards under one material
shall not exceed 10%.
When searching by "Name/ Synonym/English Name", it supports the use of wildcard "?"
( DBC case), for example:
 Enter "?iron", then all the records ending with "iron" will be searched out.
 Enter "iron?" , then all the records beginning with "iron" will be searched out.
 Enter "?Iron?", then all the records containing "iron" will be searched out.
 Enter ”Iron” then the substance "iron " can be search out accurately.
Note: In order to improve the searching efficiency of the system, CAMDS only
displays the first 500 records searched out.
Fig.3.13 Result of Basic Substance Searching
Select one record and click "View" button, you will get the detailed information of that basic
substance; Click "Apply" button to add the basic substance to the current material node in the
structure tree.
② fill in the structure attribute of basic substance

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Fig 3.14 Fill in the structure attribute of basic substance
Select the basic substance in a structure tree and fill in the structure attribute on the right
side of the working area. Besides the read-only basic attribute, you still need to set whether the
basic substance is confidential and the proportion of it in the material.
 Confidential substance: In order to ensure the security of data, a supplier can mark
certain basic substances in a MDS with "Confidential". Select the check box beside
"Confidential" on the screen, and then only the "Trust User" of other enterprises which
have been set by this supplier can view the confidential substance. Otherwise, only the
proportion of the basic substance can be seen but not the ingredients of it. For detailed
information of how to set trust user, please refer to Chapter 8.3. The sum of the content of
confidential substance and wildcards under one material shall not exceed 10%, and the
substance in GADSL shall not be marked as "confidential".
 Proportion: Enter the proportion of basic substance in a material by "fixed", range or "rest".
The "rest" indicate that the substance constitutes the rest part of the material. Only the
proportion of one basic substance in a material can be entered by "rest".
C. Save
Click "Save" button, the newly established MDS will be saved in CAMDS. The edit of the
MDS ingredients is finished.
Note: Only after you click "Save" button, can the data filled in be really saved in the
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database. Otherwise, it is only cache and the data filled in can not be saved in the database.
3.3.2.2 Create Semi-component

（1） Fill in the Details of Semi-Component
Fig.3.15 Details of a Semi-component
Information which needs to be filled in when creating a semi-component is described as

below:
ID/Version：Unique identification number and version number of semi-component. This is

automatically generated by the system.
Supplier: The Enterprise to which the creator of the semi-component belong. This is
automatically generated by the system.
Article Name: This is the description of the semi-component. This field supports multiple
language inputs and must be filled out. It is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
Article Name (Foreign): This is optional. And it is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
Semi-component No.: The number of the semi-component similar to the "material No.".
This is optional.
（2） Create the Structure tree of Semi-component
① Semi-component node can be added under a semi-component root node. Click " "
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button to add a semi-component node under the selected node.
Fig 3.16 Add a semi-component node
② A MDS of semi-component can be referenced under a semi-component root node. Click
" " button. Enter the search criteria in the pop-up and click "Search" button. Then select one
result and click "Apply" button to add it under the semi-component MDS.
Fig 3.17 Reference a semi-component data sheet
③ It is also allowed to add materials under a semi-component root node. Click " " button to
search for materials.
Fig 3.18 Reference a material data sheet
(3）Enter proportion attribute
No matter what node is added under a semi-component, the proportions attribute needs to be
filled in for the node. This attribute is below the "release date" in "details". The filling method of
"proportion" is the same as that for adding a basic substance to a material.
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Fig. 3.19 Fill in Proportion
Click "Save" button to save the information of the semi-component.
(4) Add specific weight for semi-component
When semi-component was added under a semi-component, the specific weight of the
sub-node is optional.
Fig. 3.20 Fill in specific weight
3.3.2.3 Create Component

（1） Fill in the Details of Component
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Fig.3.21 Details of Component
When a component is created, the following information needs to be filled in:
ID/Version: Unique identification number and version number of the component, which is
generated automatically by the system.
Supplier: The Enterprise to which the creator of the component belong. This is generated
automatically by the system.
Article Name ： This is the description of the component. This field supports multiple
language inputs and has to be filled in. It is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
Article Name (Foreign): This is optional. And it is not allowed to exceed 100 characters.
Component No.: The internal management number of the component, similar to "Material
No.". This is optional.
Component type ： the classification of component. The classification should at least be

refined to the third level. The first and second levels are not optional.
Measured Mass per Item: This is the measured component mass. This field must be filled
in. The unit (mg, g, and kg) can be selected in the pull-down menu. Number, range
(0<X<1000000) with the precision 0.000001.
Calculated Mass per Item: This is the sum mass calculated by “Measured Mass per Item”
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and “Quantity” of all the first level sub-nodes under the designated node. It is generated
automatically by the system.
Deviation: Calculated by the “Measured Mass per Item” and the “Calculated Mass per
Item”. This is generated automatically by the system.
（2） Create the Structure tree of Component
Component nodes, semi-component nodes and material nodes can be added under a
component node.
 When a component is added under a component node, "Quantity" value has to be

filled in for the sub-node. This attribute is under the "Release Date" attribute of this sub-node. It
is acquiesced as 1. See the following Figure:
Fig.3.22 Add a component under a component node
 When a semi-component or a material is added to a component node, the "Mass"

value of the sub-node needs to be filled in as shown in Fig.3.23.
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Fig.3.23 Add a Semi-component under a Component
Click "Save" button to save the information of the component.
3.3.2.4 Special Details

（1） Application of Basic Substance
When using ,material whose content is above a certain threshold like Lead and its
compounds, hexavalent chromium and its salt, Mercury and its compounds, Cadmium and its
compounds, Nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and PBBs/PBDEs in the production of
auto parts, you must specify the corresponding applications for them to meet the requirement of
relative laws.
Applications shall be specified when a material which contains the above-mentioned

substance is referenced to a component node or to a semi-component then the
semi-component is added to a component. The application option shows where the substances
are used. The application shall be selected by the users of the component suppliers according
to practical situation which has nothing to do with the material suppliers.
Select the material, then "Application" tab will appear on the right side of "Details" of the
material node. (Note: it is at the material node.)
Selection of Application is as follows:
1 Click "Application" tab corresponding to the material node. A table is used to list the
substances needed to be specified about the application, as shown in Fig.3.24.
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Fig.3.24 Application tab
2 When clicking the content under the "Application" field in the table, the possible
applications will be listed.
Fig.3.25 Select Application Options
3 Check one option and click "Apply" button to add the application option to the
application list.
When clicking "Save" button on the "Details" tab of the MDS, the contents on the
application tab will be saved as well.
（2） Polymeric Parts Marking
When the material in Category 5 is added under a component node, the polymeric parts
need to be marked for the component. An additional option list will appear in the "Details" of the
component as shown in Fig.3.26 below:
Fig.3.26 Polymeric Parts Marking
When the MDS with such component is checked (See Chapter 4.1 for Checking), both the
classification of material and the mass of the marked component node will determine whether
the checking information is a warning or an error. Details are given in Appendix II.
（3） Recyclate
When a material is attached to a component or semi-finished product node, a statement

should be made as to whether the material contains a recycled material.The default option of
the system is "No", which means that the material does not contain any recycled material.If it
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contains the recycled material, the user should select "Yes" and select the source and
proportion of the recycled material below. As shown in Figure 3.27.
Fig. 3.27 Recyclate material report page
（4） Sample MDS
When the MDS at this stage represents only the sample stage of the product, or is not the
final state, you can check the checking box.
Fig. 3.28 Samply MDS checking page
3.3.3 Supplier Information

After editing and saving the MDS details, click "Next" button or the sub menu "Supplier
Information" at the left side of the working area to get to the screen of your own enterprise
information.
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Fig. 3.27 Your Own Enterprise Information
The content in the screen is generated by the system automatically. The information
includes Enterprise Name, DUNS No., Address, Country and MDS, etc. Select the department
sending the MDS through the “Organization” drop-down list in which only the department that
the creator of the MDS belongs to will appear. Select the contact person of the MDS through the
“Name" drop-down list in which all the users of the enterprise will appear. The contact
information (Tel No. , Fax No. and E-mail) will appear after the selection of the contact person.
The selection of ”Organization” is involved in the “view permission” of the “Sent” and
“Received” MDSs permissions. Please refer to the details in the “Sent” and “Received” section
of Chapter 5.
3.3.4 Recipient data

Click "Next" button or the sub-menu "Recipient data" at the left side of the working area
as shown in Fig.3.27 to get to the screen of recipient status. See the Figure below:
Fig.3.28 Recipient Data
Before the recipient is added, only the "Internal" button is available. The functionality of
the button is described in detail in Chapter 4.
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3.4 Module
For the convenience for the users to report MDS, "module" function is referenced. Module
is a convenient organization way of MDS. It can be added to MDS or other modules as a child
node. The parts which are referenced frequently by components can be used as modules. Once
a module is released internally by the user, it can not be changed any more.
Click "Module" under the main menu "Create" on the main screen, then you can see the
same type selection screen as that of MDS, as the figure shown below. The creation of a
module is similar to that of a MDS and will not be described here.
Fig.3.29 Create a Module
Module is similar to MDS on concept and usage. The main differences between them are：
（1） There is no "Supplier Information" and "Recipient Data" available for a module.
（2） Modules can only be released internally and cannot be sent, proposed or published.
3.5 Auxiliary Operation
3.5.1 Delete Node

You can choose to” Delete only this node” or to” Delete the whole sub-tree including the
current node”. Select a node, then click " " button in the menu at the top of the structure tree.
Then you can see the picture as shown in Fig 3.30.
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Fig 3.30 Two ways to delete the current node
Note: if you choose "Delete the whole sub-tree including the current node" and the
selected node do have sub-tree, all he sub-tree will be deleted as well. Be cautious when
deleting nodes.
Fig 3.31 The circumstance when the operation of only deleting the current node can not be
accomplished
3.5.2 Expand and Collapse Node

One MDS can contain multiple nodes. For the convenience of viewing, the system provides
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" " and " " buttons to expand or collapse the current tree structure. The next structure can
also be displayed or hidden by the "+" and "-" symbol in front of the node.
Fig.3.32 The tree structure of MDS
3.5.3 Filter Node

Because the structure of some automotive components is very complicated, the MDS
structure tree may have many nodes and branches. In order to shorten the displaying time of
large structure tree, node filtering function can be used.
Click " " button, the following window will appear and the user can select the contents
needing to be filtered.
Fig.3.33 Node filtering of a MDS Tree
Two options in filtering:
（1） Do not load any basic substance
When this is applied, no basic substance will be loaded to the structure tree and only
component, semi-component and material (if applicable) will be displayed.
（2） Do not load Referenced MDSs/Modules
When this is applied, the sub-tree of referenced MDSs (with black dot) and modules will not
be loaded. Only the root nodes of these MDSs and modules will be displayed.
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3.5.4 Moving Node
Users can change the node order in a tree structure of a MDS for the convenience of the
management and view of the MDS tree. Select the node to be moved, drag the node to the
target site with the mouse. As shown in Fig.3.34, move Node 2 below Node 3 .
Fig.3.34 Move Node
Moving node operation can only realize the position exchange between brother nodes
rather than father and son nodes.
3.5.5 Search and Locate Node

Child nodes can be searched in the MDS structure tree by Article Name, Part/Item No......,
and ID.
After the MDS details are saved by clicking "Save" button, the "Tree Search" button will
appear on the left side of the working area under the MDS structure tree. Click this button, and
then the following window will pop up:
Fig.3.35 Search and locate node
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Enter the searching conditions on that screen and click "Search" button. If the item
searched exists, the system will locate the node and highlight it. If there are more than one
result which meet the conditions, click "keeping searching" button, then the nodes will be
located one by one.
Fig 3.36 keep search for the tree
3.5.6 Convert to Module

The component node and semi-component node can be converted into modules. After the
MDS details are saved by clicking "Save" button, the "To Module" button will appear on the left
side of the working area under the MDS structure tree. Select one node without black dot (not
an independent MDS node) and then click this button. A black dot will appear in the icon of this
node. Note：After this, the "Save" button has to be clicked to convert this node and its
sub-nodes into a module.
Click "Modify" button on the right of "ID/Version" in "Details" to jump to the editing
screen of the module. After releasing the module internally, it can jumps to the original MDS
node.
Fig 3.37 Convert a semi-component into a Module
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3.5.7 Replace
This function allows users to replace one node in a MDS in an edit mode with another node.
Fig 3.38 Replace a Node
As shown in Fig.3.38, select "Semi-component_CA_7_19859 " node, "Replace" button will

appear on the bottom of the screen. Click this button, the window of MDS searching will pop up.
Enter the search criteria and select one record in the acquired search results. Then replace the
"Semi-component_CA_7_19859" node with the selected MDS.
Note: In the following situations the child nodes cannot be replaced no matter
whether there are black dots in their icon:(1) The child node of the node which
referenced directly (2) The child node of the node which added by replacing operation.
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4 Internal/Send/Propose/Publish MDS
Generally, suppliers hope not all the users of the system can get access to the data
information they input. The system allows the suppliers to select the ones who can get access to
their MDS. Four options are provided to suppliers for them to choose:
A. Execute the operation of "Internal" to a MDS to make it accessible within the enterprise.
B. "Send" a MDS to one recipient.
C. "Propose" a MDS to one or multiple recipients.
D. "Publish" a MDS to all users in CAMDS. (Only authorized users have permission to
publish MDSs)
For option A, B and C, suppliers control the distribution of MDS. Under these conditions,
only the users in the recipient enterprises or department and the users of their own enterprises
can browse the MDS. All the other users in the system are not aware of the existence of this
MDS at all and it is impossible for them to browse this MDS. For option D, all the users can
browse and use the MDS (e.g. reference this MDS in their structure tree.).
4.1 The Check Procedure

Before executing the 4 operations mentioned above to a MDS, the system needs to check
the MDS data. If a user thinks that the editing of the MDS has been finished, click "Save" button.
Then the "Check" button will appear under the structure tree. Click this button, and then the
following screen will pop up:
Fig. 4.1 MDS Check Procedure
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When users click the error information, the details of that information will be displayed in the
test box below. Click "Display" button, the page will jump to the screen of MDS editing and
locate to the node having error in the MDS tree. The users can also double-click the error
information to locate to the node having error.
MDS checking results may either be an "Error" or a "Warning":
 When there is an "Error", the MDS can not be sent, proposed, internally released or
published;
 When there is a "Warning", the MDS can still be sent, proposed, internally released
and published. But the recipients of the MDS can reject the MDS.
When performing the operation of sending, proposing, internally releasing and publishing,
the system will check the MDS. All existing errors need to be repaired before the MDS can be
sent, proposed, internally released or published.
Note: Refer to "Appendix II Checking Rules" for checking rules.
4.2 MDS Status

The status of a MDS refers to the status of its details. It can be viewed in "Supplier
Information" and "Recipient Data". See Fig.4.2 and 4.3.
Fig.4.2 MDS Status in "Supplier Information"
Fig.4.3 MDS Status in "Recipient Data"
Refer to the following table for description of MDS Status.
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Status Description "MDS Details"
Changeable or not
Edit mode Being edited； All the users under the

Rejected by the recipient after enterprise with authorization
"Send" can modify it.
sent The recipient has not yet browsed,

browsed or accepted the MDS after
the operation of "Send".
None of the users can
Internally released After the operation of "Internal"; modify the details of the
MDS.
proposed After the operation of "Propose",
Published After the operation of "Publish".
Table 4.1 Description of MDS Status
The version number of the MDS whose status is "Edit mode" or "Sent" but has not yet
been accepted is decimal. The version number of the MDS at all other status is an integral
number.
4.3 Recipient Status of MDS

Recipient Status of a MDS is decided from the point of view of the recipients, which can be
viewed in the recipient list of "Recipient Data" as shown in Fig. 4.4.
Fig.4.4 View the recipient status of a MDS
The detailed description of the receiving status of MDS is given in Table 4.2 below.
Status Description
Edit Mode No operation is performed after the recipient is added.
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Status Description
Not yet The sender has already "Send" or "Propose" the MDS to a
Browsed recipient but the recipient has not yet browsed it.
The sender has already "Send" or "Propose" the MDS to a

Browsed
recipient and the recipient has already browsed it.

downloaded recipient and the recipient has downloaded the MDS to the local
machine.

Accepted
recipient and the recipient has already browsed and accept it.

Rejected
recipient and the recipient has already browsed and reject it.
Two circumstances：
（1）The sender has already "Send" or "Propose" the MDS to (a)
recipient(s). The sender can delete the MDS before it is accepted
by the recipient. After the deleting operation, the recipient status of
Cancelled by the the MDS turns into "Cancelled by the Sender".
Sender （2）The sender has already "Send" or "Propose" the MDS to (a)
recipient(s). The sender can delete the recipient before the
recipient accepts the MDS. After deleting recipient operation is
performed, the recipient status of the MDS turns into "Cancelled
by the Sender".
Table 4.2 Description of MDS recipient status
4.4 Specify recipients

Only the "Internal" and "Publish"(Only for Publish privileged users) button will appear if the
recipients have not been specified. The user can choose to internally release the MDS,
therefore no recipient needs to be specified (realized by the "Internal" button). The user can
also choose to publish the created MDS to all the users in CAMDS (realized by the "Publish"
button).
If the MDS needs to be sent or proposed to one or more recipient(s), the recipient(s) has
(have) to be added.
（1）Add Recipient
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Click "Add Recipient" button in the "Recipient Data" screen as shown in Fig.3.28 to get to
the enterprise searching screen. Enter the searching conditions of the enterprise or the
department, and then the information list of the enterprise or the department in accordance with
the conditions will be displayed.
Fig.4.5 Search an Enterprise or a Department
In the screen shown in Fig.4.5, click "View" button to view the details of the selected
enterprise or department. After clicking "OK" button, you also need to fill in the enterprise
information of the MDS for different recipients (See Fig.4.6) to fit their specific requirements.
"Supplier Code", "MDS code (No.)" and "Name" must be filled in.
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Fig.4.6 MDS customized information
If "Forwarding is Allowed" is set as "Yes", the recipient will be allowed to forward the MDS
to a third party. If it is set as "No", forwarding the MDS to a third party is not permitted. After
clicking "OK" button, the” Enterprise information” will be added to the recipient list as shown in
Fig.4.7.
Fig.4.7 Add an enterprise/department to the recipient list
Note: Now the "Save" button needs to be clicked. Only after the recipient data is
saved can the MDS operation buttons be available. If the " Enterprise information " pop-up is
blocked, you can choose the recipient and click ”Modify” button below the recipient list to fill out
the relevant information. The screen with the MDS operation buttons is shown in Fig.4.8 .
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Fig.4.8 Save the recipient data
You can not add your own enterprise or one of its departments as a recipient. After multiple
recipients are added, the "Send" button will not be available.
（2）View the Related Enterprise Data
In the screen shown in Fig.4.8, select one record and click "View" button to view the
related enterprise information of the MDS regarding to a specific recipient.
（3）Modify the Related Enterprise Data
In the screen shown in Fig.4.8, select one record and click "Modify" button to modify the
related enterprise information of the MDS regarding to a specific recipient.
（4）Delete the Recipient
In the screen shown in Fig.4.8, select one record and click "Delete" button to remove the
recipient you have already added. Note: The "Save" button has to be clicked to delete the
data from the recipient list.
4.5 MDS Releasing Operation
4.5.1 Internal
You can choose to internally release a MDS. In this case, only the users of your own
enterprise can view the MDS. This can be realized by clicking "Internal" button.
4.5.2 Publish
A published MDS can be accessed by all the users of CAMDS. This can be realized by
clicking "Publish" button. After this button is clicked, the following screen as shown in Fig.4.9
will be displayed for confirmation.
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Fig.4.9 Confirm publishing
Only the users who have the publishing permissions can use this function. Please be
cautious of publishing a MDS.
4.5.3 Send
A common operation used often in CAMDS is to send a MDS to a certain recipient, who can
accept or reject the MDS. After the MDS was rejected, the sender can modify it without copying
or creating a new MDS. If the MDS is accepted by the user, it will be formally used and no
change can be made to it any more. If the MDS is rejected by the recipient, the enterprise that
creates the MDS is expected to modify it according to the recipient's reason for rejection and
continue to send the MDS. This can be realized by clicking "Send" button.
4.5.4 Propose
If one MDS is delivered to several recipients with different MDS code (No.), you can choose
to propose the MDS. Ideally, all recipients accept the MDS without raising any modification
requirement. If one of the recipients has modification requirement, the original MDS can not be
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modified and you have to get a new MDS by the operation of "create" or "copy" for the recipient.
After necessary modification of the new MDS, it can be sent or proposed to the recipient. It can
be realized by click “Propose” . For this reason, if the MDS is going to be sent to only one
recipient, it is recommended to use the "Send" operation rather than the "Propose" operation.
4.5.5 Differences between "Send" and "Propose"

The operation of "Send" and "Propose" are similar, but they do have differences when
using as described below:
（1） When only one recipient is added to the MDS, both "Send" and "Propose" operations
can be used; but when more than one recipients are added, the MDS can only be proposed but
sent.
（2） After the operation of "Send", the status of a MDS changes from "Edit mode" to
"Sent". And the version number of the MDS will not change. Until the MDS is accepted by the
recipient, the version number will change into an integral number, and the details of it can not be
modified any more. After the operation of "Propose", the status of a MDS changes from "Edit
mode" to "proposed" directly, the version number becomes an integral number and the details
of it can not be modified any more.
（3） If the recipient rejects the MDS after it is sent, the status of the MDS changes from
"Sent" to "Edit mode”. Then the MDS details can be modified and sent again. But the status of
a MDS will not change when the recipient rejects the MDS after it is proposed. The status of the
MDS remains "Proposed" and the details of it can not be modified.
（4） Only the MDS in "Edit mode" can be sent. Once a MDS has been internally released,
"Propose" function is the only way that you can use to deliver the MDS to other enterprises or
departments.
4.5.6 Data Authenticity Commitment

In order to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the data submitted by CAMDS users, the
user shall confirm the accuracy and consistency of the data before the MDS is Sent/Submit.
After the user clicks "Send" or "Submit", the system will pop up the verification interface.
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Click the "Send" or "Submit" button below, and the following dialog box will pop up. The user
needs to read the commitment letter, and click the "I promise" button, then the data sheet will
continue to perform the send or submit operation.If you click "Cancel", the page will return to the
send checkpoint shown in the image above.
In the "Sent" or "Receive" sub-menu, click "Preview" to download the PDF or directly view the
browsing page. You can see the content of the Letter of Commitment in the second part.As
shown in the figure below.
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5 Sent/Received
Users can use shortcut to search for the sent/proposed and the received MDS. This is
similar to the operation of "MDS & Module Search". And it is also carried out based on the
combination of search criteria.
5.1 Sent
After you log in the system, click the sub-menu "Sent" under the main menu "Search",
the following screen will open as shown in Fig.5.1.
Fig.5.1 Search for sent MDS
The users who only belong to an enterprise can only search out the MDS sent by the users
who only belong to the enterprise. The users who belong to one or more departments can
search out the MDS sent by the users who belong to the enterprise as well as the MDS sent by
the users who belong to the same department(s) as them.
If only the box for "Non-accepted MDSs" is checked, the results found are the MDS
without being accepted by the recipients after sending/proposing, including the MDSs whose
recipient status are“not yet browsed”、“browsed”、“canceled by sender”and “Rejected”
.
In the screen shown in Fig.5.1, enter the searching conditions and then click "Search". A
collection of the items found will be displayed. Click "Export" button, then the MDS list will be
exported in CSV format.
5.2 Received
After you log in the system, click the sub-menu "Received" under the main menu
"Search" to open the screen as shown in Fig.5.2.
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Fig.5.2 Search for received MDS
Here, the users can only search for the MDSs sent/proposed to the enterprise or
department they belong to. If only the box for the "Non-processed MDSs" is checked, the
results searched are the MDSs whose recipient status are “not yet browsed” and” browsed”.
In the screen shown in Fig.5.2, enter the searching condition and then click "Search"
button. A collection of the items searched out will be displayed. Click "Export" button, the MDS
list will be exported in CSV format.
5.3 Accept/Reject
Of a received MDS, the initial receiving status is "not yet browsed". At this stage you can
not accept or reject it. You have to click "View" button and check the MDS before you accept or
reject it. The details are shown in Fig.5.3 and 5.4. In a company, if one user has accepted or
rejected a received MDS, other users can not continue to process the MDS. What they can do
to this MDS is only viewing or referencing.
Note: Click "Preview" button can not change the status of the received MDS from
"not yet browsed" to "Browsed".
Fig.5.3 Not yet browsed MDS received
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Fig.5.4 Browsed MDS received
5.3.1 Accept
On the received MDS list, select a MDS whose recipient status is "Browsed". Click
"Accept "or "Reject" button, the checking window will pop up, as shown in figure 5.5. Click
"Accept" button on the checking window to accept the MDS. The version number of the MDS
changes to an integral number after it is accepted and the recipient status changes to
"Accepted". Users may reference it in the MDSs they created themselves.
Fig. 5.5 The checking window to accept/reject a MDS
5.3.2 Reject
In the received MDS list, select a MDS whose recipient status is "Browsed". Click
"Reject" button, the checking window will pop up. Click the “Reject” button on the checking
window, then the screen to enter the reason for rejection will be displayed as shown in Fig.5.6.
After filling out the reason for rejection, click "OK" button to complete the MDS rejection
operation. Users can not reference the MDSs that have been rejected by their enterprise.
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Fig.5.6 Reject a MDS
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6 Search for MDS/Module
6.1 Search
In the main screen, click the sub-menu "MDS & Module Search" under the main menu
"Search", the system will open the searching screen as shown in Fig.6.1 below. Select the type
of the MDS/Module for which you want to search by clicking the corresponding tag button.
In this screen, users can export the result set of CSV format, including the MDS of component;
semi-component and material create by the enterprise itself but without the basic substances,
MDS from suppliers and published MDSs.
Fig.6.1 MDS & Module Search
（1） If no search criteria are filled in, the search results are the MDSs and Modules created
by all the users under the enterprise.
（2） Search for all the MDSs accepted by the enterprise.
Click the tag button of "All MDSs", and check the box for the "Accepted MDSs" in the shown
screen. Click "Search" button, then all the MDSs accepted by the enterprise will be displayed.
As shown in the following Fig.6.2.
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Fig 6.2 search for all the MDSs accepted by the enterprise
（3） In Fig 6.1, if the box for "Accepted /Published /Internally Released" is checked, the
searching results are the accepted /published/ internally released data of all the users of the
enterprise. If the box for "Created (own MDSs/ Modules)" is checked, the searching results are
the MDSs/Modules created by the user who login in the system. If these two items are checked,
please make sure that "MDSs" or "Modules" on the right side of "Own MDSs/Modules" has
been checked as well.
（4） In Fig.6.1, after checking the box for "Accepted MDSs" and entering the search
criteria, the search results will be the MDSs corresponding to which have been sent by suppliers
and accepted by the users of the enterprise. Check the box for "Published MDSs", you will get
the MDSs published by all the enterprises existing in CAMDS (including "CAMDS Management
Committee").
（5） If the box for "Accepted MDSs" or "Published MDSs" is checked, the MDS you will
get does not belong to your own enterprise. So these two options can not be selected with the
"MDSs" or "Modules" on the right side of “Own MDSs /Modules” nor with the "Accepted/
published/internally released" or "created(owned MSDs/modules)" at the same time..
（6） Search criteria setting for component, semi-component, material or all Materials data
sheet are quite similar. The only difference is that "Trade Name", "is Standard Material",
"Norm/Standard" and "Material classification" are added to the searching screen of material
as shown in Fig.6.3.
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Fig.6.3 Search for material datasheet
（7） Search for Standard Materials
After clicking "Material" label, there are two ways to search for standard materials in the
screen shown in Fig.6.4.
 Check the box for "Published MDSs". And enter the necessary search criteria. Then click
"Search" button. “CAMDS Management Committee” is the default enterprise, so you can get
the first 500 MDSs published by "CAMDS Management Committee". If the user needs to
search the materials published by other enterprises, click and button on the right
of the text box to add or delete enterprises. Among the searched results, the MDS published
by "CAMDS Management Committee" are displayed before the MDSs published by other
enterprises.
 Check the box for "Is Standard Material" and enter other search criteria, then you will get
the standard materials matching the criteria. You can use the wildcard ("?") to search for
standard material.
Fig.6.4 Search for standard material
（8） Search for non-metallic example material
Click the [Material] label and check the box in front of [Published MDSs] in the screen shown in
Fig 6.5, and then delete “CAMDS Management Committee” and “Automobile Material Technical
Working Group” default displayed in the following box, only leave the “CAMDS Material Working
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Committee”. Then click search, you can find the first 500 MDSs published by “CAMDS Material
Working Committee”. Or you can enter the necessary search criteria to search the specific
MDS.
Fig.6.5 Search for non-metallic example material
（9） Enter the search criteria on the searching screen and the system will display the MDSs
and Modules matching the search criteria on a new page. See the following Figure:
Fig.6.6 Searching result
Note: The system can display 500 items at most. The buttons on top of the searching result
collection will be described later in the chapters. The "Analyze" button and "Folder" button will
be described in Chapter 7.1 “Classification Analyze" and Chapter 10 respectively.
（10） Type in your query and click [Export]. System will ask if you want to open or save it.
Then you can download the result set which meet your requirements.
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6.2 View/Modify
You can view or modify a MDS/Module. See the Figure
below:
Fig. 6.7 View/Modify a MDS
After clicking the button of “View” or “Modify”, the page will jump to the ingredients of the
MDS/Module. Users can view or modify the MDS/Module. When viewing the MDS/Module, it
can not be edited. The MDS/Module whose version number is an integral number can not be
modified. For such MDS/Module, users can only add or delete the recipient.
Notes: double-click the result is used to view the MDS rather than modify it. So don’t
double-click if you want to modify it.
6.3 Delete
In the collection of the searching result, select the MDS/Module you want to delete and click
"Delete" button on the top of the page(as shown in Fig.6.87) to realize the operation of deleting
the MDS/Module. (See Fig.6.9.)
Fig.6.8 Delete MDS 1
Fig.6.9 Delete MDS 2

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The MDS that has been accepted by the recipient can not be deleted. When you select
such MDS on the list of searching result, "Delete" button will not appear as shown in Fig.6.10.
Fig.6.10 Undeletable MDS
6.3.1 Delete MDS/Module with No Recipient

The MDS/Module with no recipient here refers to the MDS/Module having no recipient at all,
e.g. MDS/Module in edit mode, internally released MDS/Module and published MDS. The
MDS/Module with no recipient (not including the published MDS/Module) can be physically
deleted by using the "Delete" button before the MDS/Module has been referenced by other
MDS/Module.
6.3.2 Delete MDS/Module with Recipient

If a MDS has been sent/ proposed but has not been accepted by the recipient, you can only
delete the MDS logically. Users can not search out the MDS in the sub-menu "Search
MDS/Module" under the main menu "Search" or reference it in any newly created MDS. But it
can be searched out in the sub-menu "sent" under the main menu "Search". The recipient can
also search out the MDS in the sub-menu "Received" under the main menu "Search". The
receiving status of the MDS will become "Cancelled by sender" and the recipient can not
accept or reject it any more.
6.3.3 Delete MDS/Module having been referenced

If the MDS to be deleted has been referenced by other MDS, after clicking "Delete" button,
the system will only delete the referenced MDS logically. Users can not search out the MDS
again and can not reference it in any other newly created MDS. But it will still exist in the MDS
which has referenced it and be marked as "deleted".
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Fig 6.11 Delete a MDS having been referenced
6.3.4 Delete a MDS/Module of More than One Version

If a MDS has more than one version, the user has the opportunity to delete all versions of
the MDS. Click "delete all" button as shown in the following Figure, the system will delete all
versions.
Fig.6.12 Delete all versions of MDS
6.4 Copy
When a component/semi-component/material is selected, click "Copy" button on the top of
the page (as shown in Fig.6.13) to copy.
Fig.6. 13 Copy MDS

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6.4.1 Copy New Version/Copy/Forward
（1） If the selected MDS/Module belongs to your own enterprise, select the MDS by clicking
"Copy" button, and then the following window will appear:
Fig. 6.14 Copy MDS of your own enterprise
When "New Version" button is clicked, you will create a new MDS having identical
ingredient and ID with the original MDS, but higher version number in edit mode.
When "Copy" button is clicked, you will create a new MDS having identical ingredient but
different ID with the original MDS in edit mode. The version number goes back to 0.01.
（2） If the selected MDS/Module is a received MDS/Module sent by other enterprises and
the creator of that MDS has set "Forwarding is Allowed" as "Yes" in the "enterprise
information", click "Copy" button, then the following window will appear:
Fig.6.15 Copy a MDS of other Enterprises
When the "Forwarding" button is clicked, the system will make a new copy of the MDS
and the details of the new copy can not be modified.
If the creator of that MDS set "Forwarding is Allowed" as "No" in the "enterprise
information", the "Forwarding" button will not appear after "Copy" button is clicked as shown
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in Fig 6.13.
6.4.2 Special Copy
（1） Copy a MDS containing referenced MDSs having been Logically Deleted.
If a copied MDS contains a referenced MDS that has been logically deleted, users can
select that MDS, and click "Copy" button, then the following dialog box will pop up (See
Fig.6.16). Click "Cancel" button, then the copying operation will stop. Click "Continue" button,
then "Select copy type" dialog box will pop-up. After choosing the copy type in that dialog box,
the copying operation will be completed. The copied MDS will not contain the referenced MDS
having been deleted.
Fig. 6.16 Copying an MDS with a Logically Deleted Reference
（2） Copy a MDS containing Confidential Substances of Other Enterprises
If the MDS to be copied contains confidential substances of other enterprises（as shown in

Fig 6.17）, no matter whether the user is the trust user of that enterprise, the confidential
substance of this copied MDS will be stored in the temporary storage area and the proportions
of the confidential substances that can be seen. But only the trust user can see the specific
composition (as shown in Fig.6.18). If non-trusted users want to use this copied MDS, they need
to use "Replace" button to replace the confidential substance. Otherwise, the error message
will appear in the checking process (as shown in Fig.6.19).
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Fig.6.17 Source MDS
Fig 6.18 Copied MDS
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Fig.6.19 MDS warning message
6.5 Preview
Select a MDS, click "Preview" button, then you can choose to preview the MDS as PDF
file or on a browser page. See the Figure below:
Fig. 6.20 MDS preview
Click "Continue" button, a detailed report form of the MDS will be displayed. If you want to
view or save the MDS as a PDF file, please make sure that the PDF Reader has already been
installed on your computer.
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7 Analyze
Using analyze function, users can analyze the basic substances and materials contained in
a MDS, i.e. "Classification Analysis".
7.1 Classification Analysis

Two ways for MDS classification analysis:
（1） Search for the MDS meeting the searching condition in the sub-menus under the main
menu "Search" and select one MDS. Click "Analyze" button on top of the collection of
searched items. You can launch the classification analysis of the MDS.
（2） Click the sub-menu "Classification Analysis" under the main menu "Analyze", then
the screen shown in Fig.7.1 will appear.
Fig.7.1 Classification analysis
Click "Select" button, the searching screen of MDS will pop up. Select one MDS and you
can launch analysis to this MDS.
7.1.1 Basic Substance Analysis

（1） If the selected MDS is a semi-component or a material, you can only analyze the
percentage of the basic substances.
（2） If the selected MDS is a component, you can analyze the percentage as well as the
mass of the basic substances, as shown in Fig.7.2. Select "Basic Substance" radio button
under the "Analysis Type", and select "Mass [g]/Percentage [%]" radio button under the
"Decomposition".
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Fig.7.2 MDS basic substance analysis
Click "Analyze" button, and then select the basic substance to be analyzed in the screen
which pops up. The acquiescence is selecting all. Click "OK" button, then you can check the
analysis data.
If the selected MDS which is to be analyzed contains confidential substances, the calculation is
not affected. But the names of the basic substances will be displayed as “confidential substances”,
as shown in Fig.7.3.
Fig.7.3 Confidential substance in the analysis
7.1.2 Basic Substance Classification Analysis

Classification of basic materials: Lead and its compounds, Chromium(VI)-salts, Mercury and
its compounds, Cadmium and its compounds, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Prohibited/
Restricted substance, Polymers, Fibres/reinforcing materials, elastomers, Thermoplastic
elastomer. Complete and partial analysis to the classification of the basic substances contained
in MDS can be performed. See Fig.7.4.
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Fig.7.4 Basic substance classification analysis
7.1.3 Material Analysis

Complete or partial analysis can be performed to the materials contained in the MDS. See
Fig.7.5. During the analysis, the sum of the material’s percentage may have a slight deviation
from 100%, which is related to the selection of the significant figures and is normal.
Fig.7.5 MDS material analysis
7.1.4 Material Classification Analysis

Complete or partial analysis can be performed to the material classification of the MDS.
See Fig.7.6.
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Fig.7.6 MDS material classification analysis
7.2 Special Substance Analysis

Special material analysis module includes “MDS hazardous analysis”，“MDS substance
analysis” and “Application analysis”See Fig.7.7.
Fig.7.7 Special Substance Analysis
7.2.1 MDS Hazardous Analysis

Select MDS hazardous analysis module ， click “Select” button ， then users can analyze
component MDSs created or accepted by own enterprise. See Fig.7.8. For searching the
component MDS, see to Chapter “Search for MDS/Module”. If the analysis of components
containing hazardous substances, the system will automatically display. See Fig.7.9.
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Fig.7.8 Search for the component MDS
Fig.7.9 Certain components containing hazardous substances interface
Click “OK” button and the analysis result will display. See Fig 7.10.The system will display
the material containing hazardous substances and its child component name, percentage of
material and application option.
Fig.7.10 Analysis result display interface
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7.2.2 MDS Substance Analysis
Check the box for "MDS Substance Analysis”, then you can analyze both self-created
MDS and the received MDSs. Users can view GADSL or confidential substance through basic
substance name. See Fig.7.11.
Fig.7.11 MDS substance analysis
7.2.3 Application options Analysis

After regulations update or change, users need to modify the content of hazardous substances
and application options in MDS in time to ensure real-time compliance of data. At the same time,
users also need to find and analyze where does the hazardous substance used in their own or
suppliers MDS.This analysis function helps users quickly find the MDS to select an application
option.
Click "Application Options Analysis" , and you can see the following screen.
Fig.7.12 MDS application options analysis
Firstly, user should choose from either the "exempt" or "overdue" options, or both.Select
"exempt" to search in the range where the application options are still valid.Select "overdue"
and search in the Invalid Application Options.
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When the user clicks the "Search" button, a dialog box will pop up for the list of application
options. The user can select the application options to be analyzed in this page and click the
"Confirm" button.
Click the "Analyze" button, and the system will display all the forms and application options that
meet the user's conditions at the bottom of the page.As shown below:
Fig.7.13 MDS application options analysis results
7.3 MDS Analysis

Under the "Analysis" menu, you can find the "MDS Analysis" sub-menu. This function can be
used to quickly search and locate the MDS to find which MDSs have referenced the previous
MDS.
Click the "Search" button to find the target MDS you want to analyze. After confirmation, the
following search result will appear.
Fig.7.14 MDS analysis function
Click the "Search" button to find out all MDSs that referenced the target MDS, including
self-created and received MDS.Click the "Export" button to export CSV files.
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8 Management
In CAMDS, all the functions under the main menu "Management" are only available to the
Enterprise Administrators. Therefore, “Management” menu will only appear when enterprise
administrator login. We will introduce "Enterprise Information", "User", "Trust User" and
“MDS Statistics” in this chapter. "Register Supplier” and "User" in the main menu
"Management” have already been described Chapter 2, and will not be described here
repeatedly.
8.1 Enterprise Information

After an administrator log in CAMDS, click the sub-menu "Enterprise Information" under the
main menu "Management". The screen shown as Fig.8.1 will be displayed.
Fig.8.1 Enterprise Information
The enterprise and its departments will be shown in the working area. The basic
information of the enterprise can be modified except for “Enterprise/Department Name”、
“Name
in English language”, ”Name in foreign language”. If you find the name of the enterprise is
incorrect, please contact the Management Center.
Enterprise administrators can divide the enterprise into several departments in logical
structure. Click “Add” button, then you can create a department for the enterprise. Except the
name, the department will inherit all the other information of the parent node automatically, and
you can modify the information as you need.
When a department is selected, you can delete it by clicking “Delete” button. You can not
delete a department in any one of the following situations:
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a. Users have been assigned to the department.
b. The users in the departments once received or sent MDSs.
c. Sub-departments exist in the department.
Note：Please be cautious when executing "Delete" operation of the department!
8.2 User Management

After an administrator logs in CAMDS, click the sub-menu "User" under the main menu
"Management". The following screen as shown in Fig.8.2 will be opened.
Fig.8.2 User
Please refer to Section 2.2.2 “Register the Enterprise’s Own Users” for details of “Create”.
(1) Modify a user’s information

Enter the searching conditions and click "Search" button. Then all the users in the
Enterprise meeting the searching conditions will be searched out. If no searching condition is
entered, all the users in the Enterprise will be displayed. See Fig.8.3
Fig.8.3 Search Users
Select one item in the list and click "Modify" button at the bottom of the page. Then the
information about the user’s “Name”, “E-mail”, “Telephone No.”, “Fax No.”, “Access
Permissions” and “department” can be modified. See Fig.8.4.
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Fig.8.4 Modify User Information
Select one item and click “Upload/Download” button at the bottom of the page. Then you can
change the upload / download permission settings for users. Check the box for “upload” and/or
“download”, then click “submit” button. If the enterprise has not had the upload/download
permission, the system will prompt “The enterprise has not opened up-download function” as shown
in Fig. 8.5. If you need to open the function, please contact with CAMDS Management Center.
Fig.8.5 Modify User Information

(2) Delete (Deactivate) a User
If a user leaves the enterprise, the Enterprise Administrator is responsible to deactivate

the user’s account. If the Enterprise has only one Enterprise Administrator, that Enterprise
Administrator shall register a new Enterprise Administrator before he/she leaves. Then the
new Enterprise Administrator will deactivate the account of the leaving Enterprise
Administrator.
The Enterprise Administrator shall select the user to be deactivated in the searching
screen first. Then click "Modify" button to enter into the screen as shown in Fig.8.4.
Uncheck the box for "Active" and click "Submit" button. Then the user is deactivated and
at the same time the user deletion operation is finished.
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8.3 Trust User
Only the trust users of an enterprise can view the ingredient of the confidential substance of
that Enterprise, as shown in Fig 8.6. Other users can only see the percentage of the confidential
substances, as shown in Fig 8.7. This provides protection to the specific ingredient recipe.
Fig 8.6 the information seen by a trust user
Fig 8.7 The content of the confidential substance seen by a non-trust user
An enterprise Administrators can only set one or several specific user(s) of other
enterprises as Trust User(s). They don’t need to set the users of their own enterprise as Trust
Users because the system acquiesces in the users of their own enterprise as Trust Users of the
enterprise. Enterprise Administrators can modify the "Trust User" identity of other enterprise
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users. Namely, Enterprise Administrators can grant a user as a "Trust User" and also can take
back the limits of authority at any time.
In addition, the "trust user" is only the relationship between one company and a specific
user of another company and has nothing to do with a third party, which means it is not
transferable on the supply chain. And it is a one-way relation. For example, in a supply chain,
company A supplies goods to company B and company B supplies goods to company C. If the
Enterprise Administrator of A grants one user of B as a Trust User, then only this specific user of
B can see the ingredient of confidential substances in MDSs of A and none of the users of
company C can see this information.
After the Enterprise Administrator logs in CAMDS, click the sub-menu "Trust User" under
the main menu "Management" to open the screen as shown in Fig.8.8 below:
Fig.8.8 Trust user administration
Enter the corresponding searching condition and click "Search" button. Then the collection
of the results searched out will be displayed. All users of an enterprise are considered to be trust
users to the enterprise, so a user can not search out the trust users using the enterprise of the
current login account as the searching condition. Click "Search" button on the right side of the
test box "Enterprise", the Enterprise or department which the Trust User belong to can be
searched out and selected. See Fig.8.9.
Fig.8.9 Search for trust users

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Select one item in the collection of the searched out results and then click "Modify" button.
The following screen will appear:
Fig.8.10 Modify trust user granting
If this user is going to be granted as a Trust User, check the box for "Yes" and then click
"Save" button to save the data. On the contrary, if you want to take back the limits of authority
of a Trust User, check the box for "No" and then click “Save” button.
8.4 MDS Statistics

An user can statistic "Received", "Sent" or "Own " MDS of the enterprise or an department
under the enterprise. The default searching period is one year. You can change the time
according to your needs. See Fig.8.11.
Fig.8.11 MDS Statistics
Select the enterprise to be the searching object and use the default period, Then click
“Search” button to get the results as shown in Fig. 8,12. If you want to view certain type of MDS,
such as the “rejected” MDS, You can click the number under “rejected” in the list to get the
collection of all the rejected MDSs, as shown in Fig 8.13.
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Fig.8.12 The results of MDS statistics.
Fig.8.13 MDSs of particular status searched out by the function of MDS statistics
The statistics of “Sent” and “Own” MDS are similar to that of “Received” MDS. If no
enterprise/department is selected, the searching results will be equivalent to the results with
enterprise and departments all selected.
8.5 Chargeable nodes statistics

This function can help OEMs, users who use CAI interface to upload and users to use CAMDS
CSV to upload to statistic the uploaded chargeable nodes. After choosing the type and time,
users can find the sum of the correspondingly chargeable nodes uploaded during this time.
Please see Fig 8.14.
Fig.8.14 Chargeable nodes statistics

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OEM billing: the number of the nodes which approved by the current enterprise or department,
or the component internal published during the selected time.
CAI uploading billing: the number of the nodes uploaded by the current user through CAI
interface during the selected time.
CSV uploading billing: the number of the nodes uploaded by the current user by CSV of
CAMDS during the selected time.
8.6 User-defined checking rules
For reducing the times of being rejected by customers and modifying after sending the
MDS, this function enables OEMs to make their own rules. After activating this function, all the
suppliers who need to send MDS to this OEM should not only pass the system’s checking, but
also pass the checking defined by this company. If the MDSs don’t satisfy the user-defined
checking rules, system will show the error-- “the MDS sent to customer didn't conform to their
rules of ‘XXX’, please change.” The user-defined checking rules include Designated Component
No. by customer, Supplier code, Component deviation and so on. The administrators are
responsible for updating the rules. The user-defined screen is shown as Fig 8.15.
Fig.8.15 User-defined checking rules made by OEM
Designated Component No. by customer: to check if the part number sent to customer
has conformed to the specified rules. Input “NS20140903” to get the exact match. Input
“NS%” to find out the MDS whose number begins with "NS". Input “NS2014090?” to find
out the MDS whose number begins with "NS2014090" and ends up with a letter. Multiple
records can be separated by ";".As long as one of them meets the demands, the part
number can be conformed to the rules. For example, NS2014090?; NS2014090%.
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Supplier code: the rule is same as above.
Component deviation: system will give 6 default grades and the maximum deviation of each
grade can be defined by enterprises themselves. Please see Fig 8.15.
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9 Request
Besides "passively" receiving and processing the MDS sent/proposed by suppliers
(Detailed are given in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4) , an enterprise can also "actively" send
requests to the suppliers and ask them to create specific MDSs and send them to the enterprise.
When a supplier creates this MDS, it can also send requests to its upper stream suppliers and
ask them to help it complete the MDS. Following this sequence, the creation of the MDS on the
whole production and sales supply chain will be completed.
9.1 Create and Send a Request

Click the sub- menu "Create Request" under the main menu "MDS Request" will show
the following screen.
Fig.9.1 Create Request Screen
Description of the items:
Project: Name of the project to which the request belong. It can be entered at the sender's
option. This is optional.
MDS Supplier：Use "Search" button to select the department in which the recipient of the
request is, namely the creator and sender of the MDS. This field must be filled in and does not
support manual input.
MDS Type：Select the MDS type needed to be provided by the supplier. This field must be
filled in.
MDS Recipient (Requester): The sender of the request, and also the recipient of the MDS.
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The acquiescent recipient is the enterprise in which the current user is. A pull-down window
can be used to select the department under the enterprise.
Deadline: The date selected must be a date after the current date of the system. This field
must be filled in.
Predetermined Specific Recipient Information ：Data filled in this section composes the
personalized information of the sent MDS. In this section, "Description/Name ", Part/Item No.
(Item/Mat.- No., Internal Mat. -No.) and Supplier Code have to be filled in. Other fields are
optional.
After correctly filling in the information, click "Save" button. The following screen will
appear:
Fig.9.2 Save the request data
Click "Send" button to send out the request.
9.1.1 Request Status

A request may have the following status:
New：The request has been created but not sent yet.
Sent: From the point of view of the Request Sender, the created request has been sent out
and the Request Recipient (MDS Provider) has not processed it yet, or the Request Recipient
once created/ assigned an MDS for the request but remove it later.
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Received: From the point of view of the Request Recipient, the request has been received
and has not been processed by the Request Recipient ye; or the Request Recipient once
created/ assigned an MDS for the request but remove it later.
Deleted: The request has been deleted by the Request Sender.
Already rejected：The request has been rejected by the Request Recipient.
Working: Request Recipient is processing the request received, a MDS may be created or
designated but has not sent it out yet.
Wait for acceptance：The MDS corresponding to the request has been received by the
Request Sender but has not been accepted by the sender.
Accepted: The MDS corresponding to the request has been received by the Request
Sender and has been accepted.
Among them, the status of "new" and "sent" only direct at the sender of the request, the
status of "Received" only directs at the recipient of the request, and the rest of the request
status apply to both sides.
9.1.2 Search for the received Request

Click the sub-menu "Search Request" under the main menu "MDS Request", the
acquiescent "Request Type" is "Received". See the Figure below.
Fig. 9.3 Search for the received request
Enter the search criteria, click "Search" button at the bottom of the page to search the
received requests meeting the search criteria. The functions of the buttons on top of the search
results are detailed in Chapter 9.2.
9.1.3 Search Own Request

Click the sub-menu "Search Request" under the main menu "MDS Request", select
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"Own" in the field of "Request Type"(See Fig.9.4). The results are the requests created and
sent out by your own enterprise.
Fig.9.4 Search for the enterprise's own request
If the recipient of the request did not do anything the request or reject the request directly,
the sender of the request has the right to remove the request. Select the item which needs to be
deleted in the searched out results, click "Delete" button on the top (See Fig. 9.5), then you can
delete the request of your own company. After the request is deleted, the status of that request
changes to "Deleted".
Fig.9.5 Delete the request by the request sender
9.2 Reject / Accept Request
9.2.1 Reject Request

After searching out the "Received" requests, select one result whose status is "Received",
click "Reject" button on the top of the result, then you can reject the received request.
Fig.9.6 Collection of the searched-out requests
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In the screen of rejection, enter the reason for rejection. After a request is rejected, the
status of that request changes to "Rejected".
Fig.9.7 Reason for rejection
9.2.2 Execute Request

Instead of rejecting a request, you can execute the received request, i.e. creating or
assigning a MDS to this request.
After searching out the "Received" requests, select a request with "Received" status from
the results, click "View" button on the top of the results, then you can view the received request.
Click "Edit" button on the top and start to execute the request.
Click "Edit" button, then the following screen will appear as shown in Fig.9.8.
Fig. 9.8 Execute request
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（1） Create
Click "Create" button shown in Fig.9.8, then you can create a new MDS for the request.
（2） Assign
You can assign a MDS which was created by the user before to the request. Click "Assign
MDS" button in the screen shown in Fig.9.8 to search for the MDS the enterprise has already
had. Note: You can only assign the MDS of your own company but not of other companies.
Therefore, you can not check the box for "Accepted MDSs" or "Published MDSs" of the
“Supplier MDSs” in the searching window.
Fig.9.9 Assign a MDS for a request
No matter creating a new MDS or assigning a created one, the screen as shown in Fig.9.10
will appear. The ID of the MDS created or assigned will be shown in the screen. The request
status changes to "Working".
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Fig.9.10 Request with "Working" status
Click "Modify" button to start creating a new MDS or editing an assigned MDS; Click
"Remove the assigned" button to cancel the MDS creating process and return to the screen
shown in Fig.9.8.
After the Request Recipient (MDS Provider) sends out the MDS, the Request Sender
receives a message. This MDS can be searched out and be accepted or rejected in the
sub-menu "Received" under the main menu "Search".
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10 MDS folder
CAMDS provides a management function which is similar to the WINDOWS folder

management, namely, the MDS classification management. Using this function, MDSs can be
easily and conveniently searched out.
Click the sub-menu "MDS folder" under the main menu "MDS folder", the following
Figure will appear.
Fig.10.1 MDS classification management
Click "Add" button to create a root node for the folder. See Fig.10.2.
Fig.10.2 MDS folder working area divided into two parts
The working area is divided into two areas. The left part is a classification tree like
WINDOWS folders. The right part is a list of MDS stored under the corresponding folder.
10.1 Folder Management
10.1.1 Add a Folder

Select one folder in the folder tree, click "Add" button on the top left to add a sub folder
under the selected folder. You can name the new folder. See Fig.10.3.
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Fig.10.3 Add a folder
10.1.2 Delete a Folder

Select one folder, click "Delete" button at the upper left, then you can delete the folder and
the MDSs stored in that folder. Note: This operation does not delete the MDSs themselves.
It only deletes the folder that stores the MDS.
Fig.10.4 Delete a folder
10.1.3 Edit a Folder

Select one folder, click "Edit" button at the upper left to edit the relevant attribute of that
folder in the right working area. See Fig.10.5. Click "Save" button to save the edited contents.
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Fig.10.5 Edit a folder
10.2 MDS Management

The buttons "View", "Modify", "Copy", "Preview" and "Analyze" on the top of the
working area have been described in the previous chapters. No duplication is necessary here.
10.2.1 Add a MDS to a Folder

There are two ways to add MDSs to a folder:
(1) Add a certain MDS to a folder
Search the MDS meeting the searching criteria in the sub-menus under the main menu
"Search". Click one MDS of the searching results and click "folder" button on top of the results.
Then choose a folder to put the MDS in the folder. See the following figure.
Fig 10.6 Add a certain MDS to a folder
(2) Add a MDS to a certain folder
Click the sub-menu "MDS folder" under the main menu "MDS folder" to enter the MDS
classification management screen. In the folder tree on the left of the page, select a folder, click
"Add" button on the top of the working area, then the MDS& Module search screen will pop up.
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Search the MDS to be added to the folder in the screen, and then you can select that MDS and
add it to the folder.
Fig 10.7 Add a MDS to a certain folder
10.2.2 Add MDS to a Folder/Favorites

The MDS can be searched for in the folder classification tree using recursive method. After
searching, the first MDS searched out will be located. This function can be realized by clicking
"MDS Search" button on the top of the folder tree. See Fig.10.8.
Fig 10.8 MDS search
10.2.3 Remove the MDS from a Folder

If there are MDSs under a certain folder, select one MDS and click "Remove" button on the
top to remove the MDS from the folder. See Fig.10.9. Note: The operation of "Remove only
removes the MDS from the folder and can not delete the MDS itself.
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Fig.10.9 Remove a MDS from a folder
10.2.4 Specify another MDS Folder

Select a MDS, click "Save" button on top of the page, then you can select another folder
for the MDS despite the present one. See Fig.10.10.
Fig.10.10 Specify another MDS folder
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11 CAMDS Advanced Functions
We will further assist OEM with the tracing and analysis of the harmful substance and set
up the material data statement and commitment mechanism to meet the management
requirements of relevant laws and regulations. At the same time, we will help the OEM to
propagandize and implement the recycling laws and regulations, guide the suppliers to
maximize the data report and grasp the latest specifications and skills for completing the
CAMDS. Based on the broad industry opinion, CAMDS management center has finished the
two advanced modules, namely “CAMDS suppliers’ star evaluation” and “CAMDS compliance
statement and commitment”.
11.1. CAMDS Suppliers Star-rating

CAMDS training certificate and the time interval of CAMDS login are the main indexes to
evaluate the suppliers’ CAMDS qualification. The grade details please refer to Appendix 4. The
system will update the enterprises’ star level on the basis of the users’ information at 22th per
month as fig. 11.1.
Fig 11.1 CAMDS suppliers’ star evaluation

This function enables enterprises to judge the suppliers’ report ability objectively, and
reinforce supplier management. Suppliers’ star-rating can be seen in the “Accepted” page as fig
11.2.
Fig 11.2 View the suppliers’ star level
11.2. CAMDS Compliance Statement and Commitment

In this module, after the MDS in CAMDS was accepted by receiver, the data will be frozen
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and CAMDS compliance statement and promise will be produced by system automatically. This
information will be the important evidence for spot check and accounting.
The commitment can be found in “MDS & Module search”,” Sent” and “received” page.
Selecting one MDS, the “Commitment” button will show automatically as fig 11.3.
Fig 11.3 Commitment function page

Clicking “Commitment” will enter into the compliance information page of harmful
substance in automobile products as fig 11.4.
Fig 11.4 CAMDS compliance information screen

Material data sheet harmful substance compliance information has three sections:
1) Form basic information.
This contains the name and the ID/Version of the MDS
2) Sender/Sanctifier information
An absence of Sender/Sanctifier information will happen when meet the following
situations.
a. The new MDS doesn’t have a contact.
b. The new MDS doesn’t be sent.
c. The MDS which has been sent has not yet been approved.
Multiple sanctifiers information will show when the MDS was sent to multiple enterprises as
fig 11.5.
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Fig 11.5 The MDS sent to multiple customers
3) Harmful substance analysis list
The list will show the usage of the harmful substance in all material of the current sheet.
The usage of the substance mainly includes the following status.
a. None: N.A.
b. Contain and compliance：√
c. Noncompliance：╳
d. Higher than the limit but exemption：〇
For “Contain and compliance” and “Higher than the limit but exemption”, the application
options of harmful substance will show in the column of “Exempt options” as fig 11.6.
Fig 11.6 Harmful substance exempt options

Click “Export” button (in the bottom right corner of the compliance information page) to
export the CAMDS compliance statement and commitment of the current sheet. Please refer to
appendix 5.
In order to ensure the safety of the data, the OEM admin can set permissions of opening to
outside which is easy for the third party of accounting and evaluation institution to account the
automobile products material data. The permission setting is as fig 11.7.
Fig 11.7 The opening permissions of OEM MDS

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11.3. VOC Section in CAMDS
When users create the material which belongs to category 5/6/7 or the component/
semi-component which consists of the material mentioned above, there will be a “VOC data
report module” in the detail page. When users fill in the products information, they can also fill in
the “VOC information” and upload their test reports to complete the VOC information
step-by-step delivery. It is noteworthy that VOC data collection doesn’t affect the original
function of CAMDS. Users can send, approve or copy the sheets as the normal process after
they fill out the VOC information. The VOC module is shown as fig 11.8.
Fig 11.8 VOC data collection module

VOC module is explained as below:
Test report: VOC test report of the sample. Click [Browse] to choose a corresponding test
report and then click [Analysis] to quickly extract the valid information from the report and fill out
the related cells automatically.
 Test report only supports the PDF file transformed from word format rather than
generated by scanning for now;
 At present, only some test reports with fixed styles can be analyzed. Others whose
form styles are not designated can’t be analyzed.
Report code: the unique number of the test report. Each experiment corresponds to one
report code.
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Check organization: the name of organization which doing the VOC test to the sample.
Date of manufacture: sample’s offline data.
Sample date: the date when samples are sent to testing organizations after packaging.
Checking date: testing time after testing organizations received the sample.
Checking rule: test method, bag volume and other information concerned by OEM.
Checking result: test result of eight hazardous substances.
 You can fill in some of them according to OEM demands.
 You can choose the unit of the testing data. If you want to modify them all, choose the
button in the smaller rectangle area. If you want to modify one of them, choose the
button in the bigger rectangle area.
Fig 11.9 VOC data collection module

Except for the operation mentioned above, others are following the basic operation
procedures of CAMDS.
11.4. AMASS Green Card

In order to ensure the effectiveness of CAMDS sheets and estimate the environmental
protection compliance of materials, we combine CAMDS with AMASS which enables users to
quote the AMASS Green Card materials directly. It is benefit to manufactures for choosing the
eco-friendly and compliant materials effectively, and then deal with the regulatory requirements
leisurely.
Material enterprises in CAMDS can access to AMASS directly. They can download material
composition data from CAMDS and then submit them to “Automobile Material Technical
Working Group” for an assessment of Green Card, which will be fed back to CAMDS after the
successful evaluation. These qualified materials will be marked by a green name, namely the
Green Card materials. According to “Assessment Rule for Environmental Performance of
Automotive Materials”, the materials based on the assessment of volatility, low toxicity,
recyclability and fire resistance are marked by “V”, “E”, “A”, “R” and “F” correspondingly, which
mean VOC compliance, ELV compliance, asbestos compliance, recyclability and fire resistance
compliance respectively. The number “1” and “0” behind the marking are used to distinguish
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their application mode. “1” means this item has passed the test; “0” means that enterprise has
proved its compliance by self-declaration. Please refer to fig 11.10.
Fig 11.10 “Green Card” Materials

For the convenience of users to view and use AMASS Green Card materials, we will give
you an instruction of operation on checking and quoting.
In the main screen, click the sub-menu "MDS & Module Search" under the main menu
"Search", the system will open the searching screen as shown in Fig.6.1 below. Select
“Material” tab, and check “Published MDSs” and “Automobile Material Technical Working
Group”, as shown in fig 11.11. Then you can find and use all the published Green Card materials
(excluding the internal published Green Card materials checked by enterprise).
Fig 11.11 Green Card materials searching page in CAMDS
11.5. MDS obselete

To reduce the impact of invalid data when managing and referencing, CAMDS has added
an invalid MDS obselete setting function.For some invalid MDS that cannot be deleted, the
MDS obselete setting can be used to filter invalid data for users and ensure the validity and
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effectiveness of the MDS.This function is only available to Enterprise Administrators and can
be restored for the MDS which has been set to "obselete." The specific setting method is shown
in Figure 11.12.
Fig 11.12 Obselete MDS marking screen

After the MDS is set to "Obselete",when a user references a MDS, the search results won’t
show the MDSs that have been set to "Obselete."
In the screen of "MDS/Module Search" screen, Users can choose to display valid or expired
MDSs respectively, by checking as shown in Figure 11-13. If not selected, all MDSs are
displayed by default.
Fig 11.13 Obselete MDS selecting screen
If a MDS which was already referenced in the existed MDS has been set to "obselete," the
existed MDS will display the warning "XXX: this MDS has been marked as obselete" when MDS
checking. At this point, users need to replace the expired MDS with a valid MDS according to
the situation.
11.6. MDS lock

In order to improve MDS management ability, CAMDS system adds the MDS "lock" function.
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Users can lock the self-created MDS to prevent other users of enterprise from misoperation,
such as modification, deletion, marking obselete and other operations.
In the "MDS/Module Search", find the MDS created by the user, and click the "Lock" button in
the upper right corner to lock the MDS. On the contrary, the locked MDS can be unlock by click
the "Unlock" button in the upper right corner in the same page.
Fig 11.14 MDS lock screen
Fig 11.15 MDS unlock screen
12 Others
In the menu ”others”, users can follow up sent/received MDSs, view messages, subscribe
information, modify password, update user information and .subscribe Email.
12.1. Follow Up
Sometimes users need to remark certain MDSs to carry out recoverability management or
confirm with suppliers about certain aspects, etc. In these situations, users can use the “Follow
up” function.
In the shown list of “sent”, MDS, select one item, as shown in Fig.12.1.
Fig.12.1 Search for the sent MDS which needs to be followed up

Click “follow up” button on the top of the list to get into the trace page of the MDS as
shown in Fig. 12.2. In this page you can assign a trace date and take a note for the MDS.
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Fig.12.2. Choose the tracing date for the MDS and add remarks
Users can view the recipient status of certain traced MDSs in the sub-menu “Follow Up”
under the main menu “Others”, as shown in Fig 12.3. All the users of the enterprise will receive
one remind message from the system before the trace date. Click “Edit” button on top of the
tracing list, then you can get into the page as shown in Fig 12.2, In this page, you can change
the “ Trace date” and note ,or delete the tracing directly.
The tracing operation of received MDSs is similar to that of sent MDSs.
Fig.12.3.The list of tracing MDS
12.2. Messages
In order to ensure that the information will be transferred timely between users, CAMDS
provide "Messages" function.
The message button in the subject area gives you the information on how many unchecked
messages you have. When a user receives a new message sent by the system, the number of
messages shown in the message button will increase by one.
Click the sub-menu "Messages" under the main menu "Others" or click the message
button in the subject area directly, then you can browse the list of unchecked messages. See
Fig.12.4.
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Fig.12.4 List of system messages
Under the following conditions, the system will send out messages to the users
automatically:
（1） The user receives a new MDS.
（2） The MDS sent by the user has been accepted by the recipient
（3） The MDS sent by the user has been rejected by the recipient.
（4） The MDS sent by the user has been forwarded by the recipient.
（5） The MDS has been published by the users.
In the message list, double click one message, then you can view the corresponding MDS
to the message. The system will delete the messages that have been checked by the user
automatically.
12.3. Settings
Enterprise Administrator, Regular User and Read-only User can set their own user
information by themselves in the sub-menu “Settings” under the main menu “Others”, as
shown in Figure 12.5.
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Fig 12.5 “The settings” interface
The content which can be modified includes “Name”、 , “Telephone No. ” , “Fax No.” and
“E-mail”. The“Access permissions” only can be modified in the sub-menu “User” by enterprise
administrators. Please refer to the details in “Modify User Information” on chapter 8.2. The
users can also define the incidents and operations which need for email notification. Click
“Save” button to save the modified data. Click “Administrator” button, then you will see the
list of all enterprise administrators.
12.4. MDS update

This function can help users to update MDS easily, and reduce many complex operations
like delete, add or replace. When MDS(s) has/have a new version, user can use this function
to update one or a few of them at a time. Please see Fig 12.6.
Fig 12.6 Search for MDS to update
If an independent sub-node in a MDS has a new and whole number version, after using this
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function, the root MDS will be copied and generate a new MDS. And the sub-node in this MDS
will be replaced by the latest new whole number version MDS. For example, sheet A has a
sub-node B0. In the current user’s visible range, if B0 has a new version B1, the system will
update B0 automatically. The result is copying a new version of sheet A and meanwhile B0 is
replaced by B1.
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Appendix I Material Classification list in Chinese and English
Material Classification
No. English Name Chinese Name
0 undefined 未定义(其它材料)
1 Steel and iron materials 钢铁材料
1.1 Steels / cast steel / sintered steel 钢/铸钢/烧结钢
非合金钢（碳钢），低合
1.1.1 unalloyed, low alloyed
金钢
1.1.2 highly alloyed 高合金钢
1.2 Cast iron 铸铁
Cast iron with lamellar graphite / tempered cast
1.2.1 灰口铸铁
iron
Cast iron with nodular graphite / vermicular cast
1.2.2 球墨铸铁
iron
1.2.3 Highly alloyed cast iron 高合金铸铁
2 Light alloys, cast and wrought alloys 轻合金,铸造/变形合金
2.1 Aluminium and aluminium alloys 铝及铝合金
2.1.1 Cast aluminium alloys 铸造铝合金
2.1.2 Wrought aluminium alloys 变形铝合金
2.2 Magnesium and magnesium alloys 镁及镁合金
2.2.1 Cast magnesium alloys 铸造镁合金
2.2.2 Wrought magnesium alloys 变形镁合金
2.3 Titanium and titanium alloys 钛及钛合金
3 Heavy metals, cast and wrought alloys 重金属,铸造/变形合金
3.1 Copper (e.g. copper amounts in cable harnesses) 铜(线束)
3.2 Copper alloys 铜合金
3.3 Zinc alloys 锌合金
3.4 Nickel alloys 镍合金
3.5 Lead 铅
4 Special metals 特种金属
4.1 Platinum / rhodium 铂/铑
4.2 Other special metals 其它特种金属
5 Polymer materials 高分子材料
5.1 Thermoplastics 热塑性塑料
5.1.a filled Thermoplastics 填充热塑性塑料
5.1.b unfilled Thermoplastics 非填充热塑性塑料
5.2 Thermoplastic elastomers 热塑性弹性体
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Material Classification
No. English Name Chinese Name
5.3 Elastomers / elastomeric compounds 橡胶/弹性化合物

5.4 Duromers 热固性塑料
5.4.1 Polyurethane 聚氨酯
5.4.2 Unsaturated polyester 不饱和聚酯
5.4.3 Other duromers 其它热固性塑料
Polymeric compounds (e.g. inseparable laminated 高分子复合材料(不能分
5.5
trim parts) 离层压部件)
5.5.1 Plastics (in polymeric compounds) 塑料（聚合物混合物）
5.5.2 Textiles (in polymeric compounds) 织物（聚合物混合物）
6 Process polymers 其它高分子材料
6.1 Lacquers 涂料
6.2 Adhesives, sealants 胶粘/密封剂
6.3 Underseal 防蚀涂层
Other materials and material compounds (scope of
7 其它材料和混合/化合物
mixture)
Modified organic natural materials (e.g. leather, 改性有机天然材料(皮革,
7.1
wood, cardboard, c... 木材,纸板等)
7.2 Ceramics / glass 陶瓷/玻璃
7.3 Other compounds (e.g. friction linings) 其它混合物(刹车衬片)
8 Electronics / electrics 电子/电气设备
电子设备(电脑主板,显示
8.1 Electronics (e.g. pc boards, displays)
器等)
8.2 Electrics 电气设备
9 Fuels and auxiliary means 燃料和其它液体
9.1 Fuels 燃料
9.2 Lubricants 润滑剂
9.3 Brake fluid 刹车液
9.4 Coolant / other glycols 冷却液/其他乙二醇
9.5 Refrigerant 制冷剂
9.6 Washing water, battery acids 洗涤液,电池酸液
9.7 Preservative 防腐剂
9.8 Other fuels and auxiliary means 其它燃料及润滑剂
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Appendix II Checking Rules
Items to be checked as error or warning alert include:
No. Checking Rules Type
1 All the fields that must be filled in have been filled in. Error
In a MDS tree, nodes on the same level have to be of

2 Warning
the same type.
Non-basic substances must be further decomposed.

3 Namely the bottom level of a MDS must be basic Error
substance
When proportions of all the child nodes are filled in with

4 the form of “fixed”, the sum of the fixed value must be Error
equal to 100%.
When proportions of some child nodes are filled in with

5 the form of “rest”, the sum of the proportion of other Error
child nodes must be less than 100%.
When no proportion of child node is filled in with the

6 form of “rest”, the sum of the minimum value of the child Error
nodes can not be greater than 100%
When no proportion of child node is filled in with the

7 form of “rest”, the sum of the maximum value of the Error
child nodes can not be less than 100%
Only the proportion of one child node can be filled in

8 Error
with the form of ” rest”
The referenced MDS/Module in the MDS Tree can not

9 Error
be the MDS/ Module having a decimal version number
The sum of the content of confidential substance and

10 Warning
wildcards in one material shall not exceed 10%
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An application must be selected for prohibited/restricted

11 Error
substance.
When a MDS with confidential substances is copied, a

12 temporary reserved area will be generated, requiring Error
replacing the confidential substances.
When adding a material whose mass is over 100 gram

of class 5.1.x, 5.4.x and 5.5.1 directly or indirectly to a
component, or when adding a material whose mass is
13 Error
over 200 gram of class 5.2 and 5.3 directly or indirectly
to a component, no polymer mark is selected for the
component.
14 The MDS contains sub-nodes which have been deleted. Warning
15 The default name of the MDS hasn’t been changed. Warning
When adding a material whose mass is over 100 gram

of class 5.1.x, 5.4.x and 5.5.1 directly or indirectly to a
16 component, or when adding a material whose mass is Warning
over 200 gram of class 5.2 and 5.3 directly or indirectly
to a component, the polymer mark is selected as "No".
The proportion of the basic substances contained in a

17 Warning
material created by users exceeds the controlled range.
The proportion range of semi-component or material

18 Warning
exceeds the allowed value (0≦X≦100，M≦20)
The component(1g≤weight<100g) mass deviation has

19 Warning
exceeded the controlled range of 10%.
The component(100g ≤ weight<1kg) mass deviation

20 Warning
has exceeded the controlled range of 5%.
The component(1kg≤weight<10kg) mass deviation has

21 Warning
exceeded the controlled range of 2%.
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The component(10kg ≤ weight<100kg) mass deviation

22 Warning
has exceeded the controlled range of 1%.
The component(100kg ≤ weight) mass deviation has

23 Warning
exceeded the controlled range of 0.5%.
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Appendix III Content Rules of Material
The proportion of basic substances and materials in a MDS created by users in

CAMDS needs to be controlled within a range and shall not be filled in at will. The rule
below shall be followed:
(1) The content of basic substances in a self-built material shall follow the
requirements as below (Proportion：X%~Y% Maximum: M＝Y－X):
0  X  7 .5 M 3
7.5  X  20 M 5
20  X  100 M  10
When using these ranges, the range limit to be used is determined by the lower value.
The range of 9％-16 ％is not acceptable. If basic substance is allowed to have a higher
proportion range in the internal standard of a user, the internal criteria shall be described
in remark. Standard materials don't have to be restrained with the above rules.
(2) When adding a material or a semi-component to a semi-component, if the

proportion of the material or the semi-component is filled in with the form of “range”, the
maximum range of the proportion is subjected to the following rule:
0  X  100 M  20
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AppendixⅣStar level assessment procedures (2019)
In order to further assist OEM to collect data, ensure the data collection to be
accurate and efficient, encourage more component suppliers to attend the CAMDS
training, improve the efficiency when filling the form, lead the whole industry chain to
deliver the response, reduce the use of the harmful substance and enhance the degree of
the recycling, CAMDS administration center has created the assessment procedures for
suppliers’ CAMDS report qualification.
1. Training score rules
Each CAMDS elementary certificate obtained by enterprises equals 30 points;
Each secondary certificate equals 50 points;
Each secondary certificate obtained through comprehensive classes equals 100

points.
The score got through the training is valid before expire date.
The enterprises can apply to a certificate extension.
2. Login score rules
The enterprise will get 80 points penalty automatically if they don’t login the system
more than 60 days.
3. Approval rate rule
Associated with the approval rate of the form sent by the current enterprise.
Approval rate Score

≥60% & ＜70% +80
≥70% & ＜80% +160
≥80% & ＜90% +240
≥90% & ≤100% +320
This rule does not apply to non-star enterprises.
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4. Star level rules
Star Score
☆ 0<X≤80
☆☆ 80<X≤320
☆☆☆ 320<X≤400
☆☆☆☆ 400<X≤800
☆☆☆☆☆ 800<X≤1600
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AppendixⅤCompliance statement and commitment
Component
name：
Component
NO.：
Test report NO.：
MDS
ID/version：
Deriving time：
Item Sender information Sanctifier information
Enterprise name
（ID）：
sender/sanctifie
r：
Phone：
Send/Ratify
date:
Address：
The mass of the component is xxx . It has xx nodes，with x kinds of materials，x of
them have harmful substances in the automobile products.
Responsibility Promise
Company A：
We promise seriously, we will comply with your requirement for the control of the
supply chain. The products we supplied will abide by the “Requirements for prohibited
substances on automobiles” and other related regulations strictly. We will also follow the
requirement of “CAMDS data report specification”. We promise that the products
material data we submit to your company through CAMDS is true and correct.
If your company suffers from any financial loss or has to bear related legal
responsibility due to the products or data we supplied which has not satisfied the
regulations requirements, our company will undertake all the corresponding economic
penalties and the relevant legal responsibility. We will also compensate your company
all the economic loss for which you have suffered because of us.
Supplier：Company B
Date：
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Auto Parts Compliance Analysis Statement
（Continued form of compliance statement and commitment）
Harmful
material Test
Tree Subcomponent quality Material Exempt
quantity Material name compliance(only identification report
layer name （g） category options
display harmful number
ones)
PS: √：Contain and compliance；×：Noncompliance; 〇：Higher than the limit but exemption.
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1.1 Brief Introduction

CAMDS is a product data management platform for implementing the "Technical

2. Suppliers can provide parts information to multiple vehicle manufacturers using

4. The system can be used internationally. Multilingual information fill-in function is

1.2 CAMDS Management Center

1.3 Product Supply Chain and CAMDS Registration Procedure

Fig.1.1 Production and Sales Supply Chain of auto parts

At present，there are two major ways of registration for suppliers:

Fig.1.2 CAMDS Users’ Registration Procedure

1.4 Application Environment

2.1 Log in System

2.1.1 Ways to Use CAMDS

Fig.2.1 System Log-in Screen

2.1.2 User information consistency verification

Fig 2.2 User information consistency verification

2.1.3 Main Screen of the System

Fig. 2.3 Main Screen of the System

Fig.2.4 Initial Password Change

Fig.2.5 Change Password

2.1.5 User’s ID/Password Forgotten

Fig.2.6 Log-in User ID Forgotten

Fig. 2.7 Log-in password forgotten

2.1.6 Read the Use Conditions

Fig. 2.8 Read “CAMDS Use Conditions"

2.1.7 User’s Access Authorization

（1） Enterprise Administrator

（2） Regular User

（3） Read-only User

2.2 Registration Process

（1） lower-level Suppliers（Companies at the upper stream of the supply chain）

（2） Other Users in his own enterprise

Note: When an administrator register users, the identifications of the users

Fig.2.9 Register Suppliers

Information needs to be filled in when registering suppliers:

（1） Enterprise Information of the Supplier

Address: The location of the Enterprise registered. This field is required.

Foreign Name of Enterprise/Province/City/Postal Code: all fields are optional.

Enterprise Identity: This is an identification of whether an enterprise is an OEM or a

（2） Information of Supplier’s Administrator

2.2.2 Register the Enterprise’s Own Users

Fig.2.11 Create an Enterprise’s Own User

 The Access permission is acquiesced as "Regular User". The Administrator can

Fig 2.12 Search for department

Fig 2.13 Delete department

Material Data Sheet----------MDS

3.1 Basic Substance

EU-Index is the substance identification code of Annex Ⅰ of Directive CLP-1272-2008-EC

EC-Index stands for European Inventory of Existing commercial Chemical Substances. It is

 Marked "P": prohibited in all applications.

 Marked "D/P": prohibited in some applications and declarable in other circumstances.

Fig.3.1 GADSL Color Flag

3.2 Standard Material

3.3 Create MDS

3.3.1 Types and Structure of MDS

Icon Name Description