Steve-

not sure if there is a single, unique "Shainin Method", but you may want to
look at:

1)see
http://www.shainin.com/tenets.html

2) "...Tools organized into Shainin System for Quality Improvement to make
problem solving strategies easier to learn and apply independently. Peter
Shainin 1988",

is quoted from the web page-
http://www.shainin.com/about.html

3)From a Univ. of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business classes
catalog ...

http://www.virginia.edu/~regist/gradrec/chapter7/gchap7-7.1.html

"GBUS 885 - (1 1/2) (Y)
Product and Process-Quality Management
Course involves students in several advanced methodological approaches
utilized in achieving continuous improvement in the design quality and
manufacturing quality of an organization's products and
services. Process quality management is the design of technical work
activities with an emphasis on process variability reduction to lower cost
and increase customer satisfaction, and product and
process parameter design to achieve robust performance. Topics to be studied
include statistical process management, quality function deployment,
experimental design (Taguchi and Shainin
methods), and concurrent engineering. ..."


Don't have personal experience with any of these. Good luck.

Michael Alderete
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Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:32:16 -0500
From:    Stephen Ayotte <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Shainin Method

What does anybody know about this technique for root cause and corrective
action?  Who has used it?  What has your experience been?  Thx.

Stephen Ayotte, IMD Product Quality Engineer
Dept. 5QE, Bldg. 14-3, Office BB11
Phone (607) 755-1537,    t/l 855-1537
Pager (607) 755-7243 Pin #863 - external,    5-8888 Pin 2863 - internal
Fax      (607) 755-4649

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