March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 THE ROLE OF IN-HOUSE STANDARDS FOR SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING Thomas Ouimet Imaging Materials & Media, R & D Analytical Technology Division Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY, USA

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 OUTLINE Introduction to Analytical Transparency & Standards Group (ATS) Kodak Metrology & Standards Council - Chemical Metrology Committee Types of Audits Measurement Evaluation Programs (MEP) Reports Final Thoughts Conclusions

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Introduction to ATS Beginning –Support corporate quality programs –Documentation of specifications, methods & reference materials –Pioneered use of traceable SRMs Yesterdays assumptions –Use of statistics & other quality control tools –Resources readily available –Everyone aware of ATS capabilities

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Introduction to ATS Today –Rapidly changing workforce –Changing environment –Staff mobile –Work more complex –Well established reference materials in labs worldwide Strategy –Provide one stop shopping for chemical metrology services Custom calibration & control materials Measurement Evaluation Programs (MEP) Practical statistics training & consulting –Keep partners engaged

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Kodak Standards Council Chemical Metrology Committee Establish & maintain communication with the worldwide analytical community Encourage participation in the entire company Ensure traceability to corporate and national standard bodies Proactively promote world class measurements, common methods & practices Foster continuous improvement

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Types of Audits Round robins Snapshots MEP

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 MEP Kodak Recommended Practice –Design & conduct collaborative studies –Interpret the resulting data Purpose –Produce equivalent results throughout the company –On-going control strategy Examples –Silver titration –Liquid chromatography –Atomic spectroscopy –pH –Density –Conductivity

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Reports Intranet website –Rapid feedback –Results immediately available Formal written report

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Final Thoughts Keep clients informed Assist in solving measurement problems Support to client & ATS

March 17, 2002 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2002 Conclusions Common sense approach to provide one stop service In-house standards address company wide analytical transparency needs