Following these 7 Steps will ensure industry is competitive, knowledgeable, safe and accepted outside of home country markets.

1. © ASTM International
7 Steps
Towards being more
productive locally and
competitive globally
17 June 2015
James S. Thomas
Assistant Vice President CIS Region
www.astm.org

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Helping Our World Work Better
12,000+ ASTM
standards
operate globally
Applied to just
about everything
from steel to
sustainability
They improve
the lives
of millions
every day
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Important. Every Day.
The Role of ASTM Standards
 ASTM is one of the world’s largest Standards
Developing Organizations, with global reach
and influence
 Embracing all the principles of the World Trade
Organization’s Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade
 Recognizing expertise, not country of origin
 Trusted for market relevance
and technical quality
 The choice for many global industries
 50% of sales comes from outside the USA
 Incorporated into contracts, regulations,
codes, and laws around the world; they
support established and emerging economies
and free and fair global trade
6,525
ASTM standards have
been adopted, used as
a reference, or used
as the basis of national
standards outside
the USA
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7 Steps
June 20157 Steps
MOU
Standards
Compass SpecBuilder
Technical
Training
Proficiency
Testing
Supplier
Declaration
Laboratory
Directory
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Do not recreate the wheel
Step 1 – MOU Program
 Our Memorandum of Understanding Program
provides real results to both developing as well as
more established economies
 Adopt world class ASTM standards as national
standards
 Our Precision & Bias statements support the test
methods so you are sure they are repeatable and
reproducible, other standards bodies don’t have this
 Industry participation as voting members at no
charge
 Send experts to ASTM headquarters to conduct
research and learn from our processes
 In-country and virtual trainings occur regularly
 Business agreements allow us to both profit from
the sale of documents, translations and services
 Choose ASTM: Adopt, Learn, Translate and Resell
92memorandums
of understanding
Including Russia,
Kazakhstan and
Moldova
100+
Kazakhstan
standards based
on ASTM
200+
Russian standards
based on ASTM
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Helping build infrastructures for competitive
and safe local industries
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Step 2 – ASTM Compass
Your portal for standards, Testing, Learning & More
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Available in 10
languages!

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Step 2 – ASTM Compass
7 Steps 8June 2015
D92-12b СТАНДАРТНЫЙ МЕТОД ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ ТЕМПЕРАТУРЫ
ВСПЫШКИ И ТЕМПЕРАТУРЫ ВОСПЛАМЕНЕНИЯ НЕФТЕПРОДУКТОВ
ВОТКРЫТОМТИГЛЕКЛИВЛЕНДА
Действующий стандарт (последняя версия)
1.1 Данный метод описывает определение температуры вспышки и
температуры воспламенения нефтепродуктов ручным или автоматическим
методом в приборес открытым тиглем Кливленда (Cleveland).ПРИМЕЧАНИЕ
1 ― В ходе программы ... More

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Step 3 – SpecBuilder
Develop your internal specifications, methods and procedures using our world-class collaboration platform
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Step 4 – Technical Training
8.2Years for a new engineer to
gain sufficient experience to
make
non-standard, original
technical decisions
Source: SDC O&G HR Benchmark 2012
50%
of the engineering
workforce eligible for
retirement in the next
few years
Various Sources including the US Bureau of Labor
Stats, IEEE and ASME
30
Number of trainings
or presentations
ASTM has given in
the CIS region over
the past 10 years

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Training from the Experts
Training
 Hands-on and practical, ASTM training
programs help users get the most out
of standards
 They’re informed, relevant and built on
sector-specific expertise
 Multiple formats available, from self-
guided e-learning and continuing
education programs, to intensive three-
day seminars.
 Options include open enrollment courses,
on-site training for individual firms and
flexible online programs
 Firms can view employee progress
via our learning management system
1,500people trained
annually across
100 ASTM courses

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ASTM offers over 100 different online self-study courses on individual
standards in such areas as:
 Construction Materials Technician Series
 Cement
 Concrete
 Aggregates
 Soils
 Petroleum Lab Technician Series
 Aviation Fuels
 Diesel Fuels
 Marine Fuels
 Motor Gasoline
 Crude Oil Testing
 Environment and Property Professionals Series
 E1527 Phase I
 E2600 Vapor Encroachment
 Property Condition Assessments
Content: Online Training Courses

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D92-12b СТАНДАРТНЫЙ МЕТОД
ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ ТЕМПЕРАТУРЫ
ВСПЫШКИ И ТЕМПЕРАТУРЫ
ВОСПЛАМЕНЕНИЯ
НЕФТЕПРОДУКТОВ
ВОТКРЫТОМТИГЛЕКЛИВЛЕНДА

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Step 5 – Proficiency Test Program (PTP)
Statistical quality assurance programs
enabling laboratories worldwide to assess
their performance in conducting test
methods internally and with other labs
worldwide
 190 labs participating in CIS region
 Two hundred units of participation
Programs conducted:
 Petroleum
 Textiles
 Plastics
 Chemical analysis of metals
 Mechanical testing of steel
 Electrical insulating liquids and gases
 Companies participate in “CIS Only” PTP through our partner CIS Center
 Companies in the CIS also have the opportunity to participate in our global
program that will measure results against companies all over the world
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Step 6 – Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
Directory of products that have been
tested using an ASTM test method
through an independent, accredited
(or comply with) laboratory.
 The ASTM Program provides benefits to
suppliers/manufacturers, purchasers and
industry as a whole, because it:
 Provides suppliers with evidence for their customers
that their declaration of conformity to an ASTM
standard test method is supported by being
registered and documented with ASTM;
 Requires that a qualified testing laboratory that has
documented its accreditation or conformance to
ISO/IEC 17025 perform the testing;
 Provides supplier with increased ability to market
and sell their product;
 Addresses, in some cases, regulatory pressure to
provide greater credibility of a supplier’s self
declaration.

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Step 7 – International Laboratory Directory
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Local industry will know where to find
3rd party laboratories ready to test to
ASTM and other international standards
Search by standard or company
Local testing labs can become a part of
our International Laboratory Directory to
gain world-wide exposure for their
services
Search by region or country
Globally locate laboratory information
on the types of tests performed, specific
tests performed, materials analyzed, or
other services offered has been
provided by the laboratories
Geolocation capabilities
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Intertek
Intertek

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7 Steps: Towards building a competitive and
safe local industry
June 20157 Steps
MOU
Standards
Compass SpecBuilder
Technical
Training
Proficiency
Testing
Supplier
Declaration
Laboratory
Directory
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Following these 7 Steps will ensure industry is competitive,
knowledgeable, safe and accepted outside of home
country markets.

18. © ASTM International
www.astm.org
Thank you
James S. Thomas
jsthomas@astm.org
+1 (610)832-9651