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1 Willy Vandenbrande
Shainin: A concept for problem
solving
Lecture at the Shainin conference
Amelior
11 December 2009
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Dorian Shainin (1914 –2000)•Aeronautical engineer (MIT –1936)
•Design Engineer for United Aircraft Corporations •Mentored by his friend Joph M. Juran
•Reliability consultant for Grumman Aerospace (Lunar Excursion Module)
•Reliability consultant for Pratt&Whitney (RL-10 rocket engine)•Developed over 20 statistical engineering techniques for problem solving and reliability
•Started Shainin Consultants in 1984, his son Peter is current
CEO.
Dorian Shainin and ASQ
•15th ASQ Honorary Member (1996)•First person to win all four major ASQ medals
•In 2004 ASQ created the Dorian Shainin Medal
–For outstanding u of unique or creative
applications of statistical techniques in the
solving of problems related to the quality of a
product or rvice.
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Dorian Shainin
•Not very well known outside USA (compared to Deming, Juran)
•1991: Publication of first edition of
“World Class Quality”by Keki Bothe •2000: Second edition (Keki and Adi Bothe)•Books brought attention to Shainin methods, but are very biad.
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Problem Solving •Focus is on variation reduction
LSL USL
LSL = Lower Specification Limit USL = Upper Specification Limit
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