Dorian Shainin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dorian Shainin

Quality guru

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jan-2000

Profession: businessperson, engineer, economist, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dorian Shainin (September 26, 1914 – January 7, 2000) was an American quality consultant, aeronautics engineer, author, and college professor most notable for his contributions in the fields of industrial problem solving, product reliability, and quality engineering, particularly the creation and development of the "Red X" concept.Shainin (pronounced SHAY-nin), founder of the technical-problem-solving company Shainin LLC, is responsible for the development of over 20 statistical engineering techniques that have become the core of the "Shainin System" for quality and reliability improvement.Throughout his life, Dorian Shainin worked to improve the quality and reliability of an array of products, including paper, printing, textiles, rubber, nuclear energy, airplanes, automobiles, cassette decks, space ships, light bulbs and disposable diapers, with clients representing over 200 different industries, ranging from the U.S.
Department of Defense, Rolls Royce Ltd.
and Exxon to Polaroid, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T and Ford Motor.
In total, Shainin advised over 800 companies, 43 of which were among the Fortune 100.