Problem Solving and Prevention

Shainin improves product performance, product reliability, and process performance through investigative strategies. When a client approaches us with a difficult problem, we provide the solution, install systems to ensure the solution remains in place, and leverage the results to strengthen overall business performance.  We also discover and solve problems early in the design phase, before costly manufacturing steps are taken and before customers experience failures in the field.  Our Red X® strategies are recognized around the world as the fastest way to solve difficult problems with minimal resources.

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Red X Strategies For Problem Solving
February 24-26, 2010 - English
Sheraton Novi Hotel, Novi, Michigan , USA - [Register]

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Featured Result

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Roger Heitzeg of Robert Bosch Wins Shainin Rolling Top 5® Executive of the Year

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Read about successes in the Robert Bosch Anderson South Carolina Shainin Program, in Automotive News

Learn more about Shainin's Certification Program

Testimonials

"His techniques got us from a poor second to the Japanese to the best reliability in the world." -Charles Thierfelder, VP Product Assurance, RCA Electronic Component Division, as quoted in Under the Spell Of The Quality Gurus. Fortune Magazine.

"Yet another advantage with Shainin is creativity. Some of the strategies and approaches can only be described as brilliant."Quality Forum Posting

Forum Spotlight

How lean is your six sigma program?

Read the article by Dick Shainin and share your own answer and ideas on this forum thread.

Of Interest

Articles

Hewlett-Packard 9825 site describes Shainin's involvement in the reliability of this early computer.
Bill Maxson's 2009 award winning paper,"Using Energy To Solve Technical Problems"