2020 Dorian Awards
Shainin is pleased to honor outstanding individuals and companies for their achievements and accomplishments with Shainin Technologies. The 2020 nominations reflected strong leadership supporting solving and preventing complex problems as well as a brilliant application of Shainin methods in a variety of circumstances. We are proud to announce today the final results and ultimate winners of the 2020 Dorian Awards.
2020 Dorian Awards Winners
Project of the Year Awards
Plant Manufacturing Project of the year
The criteria for this award will be a combination of elements including but not limited to the following:
Speed and efficiency of the problem solved
Technical difficulty and complexity of the problem solved
Project impact and leverage across the organization
Creative use of Shainin technologies
Clarity of the project documentation
Bryan Harris, Travis Fiebernitz,
John Johnson, Jonathan Craft, Brian Cartwright
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies
Cleveland, GA, USA
Field Reliability Project of the Year
The criteria for this award will be a combination of elements including but not limited to the following:
Speed and efficiency of the problem solved
Technical difficulty and complexity of the problem solved
Project impact and leverage across the organization
Creative use of Shainin technologies
Clarity of the project documentation
J. Sriramakrishnan, Ankit Tripathi,
G Sundaresh, B Ganesh, Vinod Venkatesh
Bosch Ltd.
Bangalore, India
Product Development Project of the year
The criteria for this award will be a combination of elements including but not limited to the following:
Speed and efficiency of the problem solved
Technical difficulty and complexity of the problem solved
Project impact and leverage across the organization
Creative use of Shainin technologies
Clarity of the project documentation
Benjamin Sheen, Andre Bida,
Andrea Rimondi, Ben Karrer, Matt Fox
Eaton Corp, Vehicle Group
Marshall, MI, USA
Resilient Engineering Project of the year
The criteria for this award will be a combination of elements including but not limited to the following:
Speed and efficiency of the problem solved
Technical difficulty and complexity of the problem solved
Project impact and leverage across the organization
Creative use of Shainin technologies
Clarity of the project documentation
Dean Kariniemi, Holger Steffen,
Michael Thiel, Dean Flower
Daimler Truck North America, Detroit Diesel Corp
Detroit, MI, USA
Transaxional Project of the year
The criteria for this award will be a combination of elements including but not limited to the following:
Speed and efficiency of the problem solved
Technical difficulty and complexity of the problem solved
Project impact and leverage across the organization
Creative use of Shainin technologies
Clarity of the project documentation
Frank Seymour, Craig Kazmierczak,
Greg Valade, Hakan Uras,
TJ Clacher, Dean Flower, Zornitza
Diamler Truck
Detroit, MI, USA
Leadership Award Winners
RT5® Leadership Excellence Award
- The number of successful projects sponsored in one year.
- The impact of said projects on a facility, business unit or company.
- The successful implementation of a problem-solving culture within the realm of responsibility of the RT5 Leader.
- Obstacles removed or otherwise overcome in the development and implementation of a successful problem-solving program.
- The number of engineers having been successfully certified and the overall skill level attained by those engineers
Anantharman B
Bosch Ltd – Nashik,India
Jamie Johnston
Stellantis Detroit, MI, USA
Rodrigo Medina Chacon
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Red X® Master of the Year Award
- For outstanding results in the performance in executing the role and responsibilities assigned as a Red X® Master.
- Important considerations for this award are: the number of coaching sessions conducted, the number of persons coached in this year, the number of engineers having successfully completed certification.
- Other criteria are for example; Red X® effectiveness awareness and development.
- Scope of responsibility and impact of projects coached to successful completion.
Chris Hernan
Stellantis
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
RT5® Executive of the Year Award
- Acts as a corporate or regional champion for critical problems.
- Is actively engaged in the process of identifying, selecting, and then defining breakthrough Red X® projects.
- Conducts regular reviews to ensure that key projects are solved quickly and efficiently.
- Seeks and succeeds in actively leveraging Shainin solutions throughout the corporation wherever applicable.
- Supports and fosters both RT5 leadership throughout multiple management levels as well as a team of certified Red X engineers through a comprehensive and effective training program.
- Encourages major suppliers and customers to jointly solve problems by using common tools, speaking a common language, and leveraging the understanding that efficiency and knowledge are gained by effective cooperation and sharing of lessons learned.
- Actively recognizes and rewards outstanding performance in problemsolving. 3
- Provides leadership guidance, structural framework, and effective mentoring of a dynamic problem-solving culture beyond quality and manufacturing operations.
- Is recognized as an exceptional leader and respected for implementing problem solving as a core competence and part of the corporate culture.
Oliver Schöner
Audi
Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Company Award Winners
Bottom Line Improvement Excellence Award
- For the best financial result of a specific project having solved a complex technical problem.
- The bottom line is a total savings calculation usually based on improved throughput, scrap reduction, productivity, or other measurable manufacturing key performance indicator.
- Included are warranty reductions, field failure avoidance, and other technical solutions resulting in savings.
**Please note: all submissions will be guarded as completely secret and no details will be disclosed in any manner.
Nemak
Garcia
Nuevo Leon, MX
Red X® Project Sponsorship Management
- Rolling Top 5 Managers who offer excellent encouragement, assistance and reinforcement in support of their Red X Problem Solving teams to achieve excellent results.
- This award is for comprehensive management endorsement and leadership attention in the prioritization and enablement of a successful problem-solving culture inside a facility.
- Important are the consistency, quality, and active participation of sponsorship activities including regular project reviews, recognition of results, and inspiration leading to structured problem-solving sponsorship becoming a key core competence of the company’s leadership culture.
Robert Bosch
Elektronika Kft.
Hatvan, Hungary
Y TO X® PROBLEM SOLVING CULTURAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
- The successful implementation of the Red X® methodology as a key component of a problem-solving culture supported by executive leadership, sponsored actively by management, and lived as a normal way of doing business within a business unit, facility, or division of a company.
- A successful problem-solving culture implies that the Red X® tool kit was adopted and integrated into a corporate culture.
- Harmony with existing tools, quality management systems, and other simple problemsolving methodologies would be a positive indication of a successful corporate assimilation.
- Aspects of establishing Y to X as a key core competence would include a clear vision, effective guidance and structure systems, active training programs, engaged sponsorship, good communication platforms, goal-oriented management support, and an effective system for rewards and recognition.
American Axle & Manufacturing
Detroit, MI, USA
Curious about this year's awards?
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Each year the criteria for the awards gets a little more rigorous as participation in nominations increases. View this year’s Dorian Awards and Criteria to see what projects are eligible for this year.
