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Rolling Top 5

Unleash your Problem Solving potential

Maximize your ROI by developing a problem solving culture that's sustainable and effective

with Rolling Top 5 Leadership

Developing a culture starts at the top

Build a system that selects and sponsors impactful projects, develops effective problem solvers, and fosters a thriving environment. With Rolling Top 5 (RT5), you can:

  1. Identify impactful projects
  2. Manage timely investigations
  3. Create & nurture proficient teams
  4. Develop a problem solving culture worth having
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Stop Tool Hopping

Start Structuring for fast solutions

As a leader, much of your company’s success rides on your shoulders. When you need to solve multiple problems, you need a way to consistently prioritize projects, select the right teams and support them to efficiently execute the tasks they’ve been given.

  • No more ever-changing priorities
  • No more minimal impact to the bottom line
  • No more doubting your team can handle it
  • No more scattered effort with dismal results
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Enhance your Problem solving Capability with RT5

Create a Sustainable & Effective Problem Solving Culture

Rolling Top 5 provides structure to ensure your most important problems get solved fast, and to increase the impact to your bottom line. Whether you use multiple problem solving methods or just one, use RT5 to enhance their efficacy. With a module on each of the major components of building a healthy problem solving culture, RT5 is the supercharge you have been looking for.

What makes it different?

The Modules

01

Intro to Shainin Concepts

Learn the core principles of Shainin and how we apply them to solve problems.

02

Structured Problem Solving & the Problem solving transmission

Learn how to structure your problem solving efforts to apply the methodology you need for each type of problem.

03

Project Selection

Learn how to select projects that will have significant impact by leveraging the Pareto principle and multiple metrics for like events.

04

Project Sponsorship

Give your leaders strategies and tools to effectively sponsor problem solving projects in your organization.

05

Problem Solving Culture

Learn how to instill the importance of problem solving throughout your organization, from top to bottom.

06

Personnel selection & development

Learn what makes a great problem solver and how to identify and develop those characteristics in your own team members.

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Building Problem Solving Capabilites together

RT5 is trusted by brands like

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Don't promote inefficiency

Create a strong Problem solving culture with RT5

When you’re ready to

  • consistently select projects that positively impact your bottom line
  • develop and retain excellent problem solvers
  • solve important problems with speed and efficiency
  • support your business goals by becoming an even more effective leader

…we’re standing by, ready to assist.

Develop your problem solving Leadership

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The Issue:

Having trouble identifying which problems need the most resources? Debating within leadership about which projects are priority? Not getting enough impact from your ongoing problem-solving efforts?

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The Solution:

Rolling Top 5 Training & Implementation

One of our problem-solving leadership experts will come to your facility to train your leadership team to identify, prioritize and implement a problem solving structure that supercharges your impact.

How It Works:
  1. Setting the Scope | We’ll meet to review your goals & verify that RT5 is a good fit for your needs.
  2. Executive Coaching | RT5 training may be conducted in person at your facility or an off-site location over 1 day, or virtually over 2 half days. We’ll explain the concepts and start the initial stages of implementing the strategies in your business.
  3. Implement | We’ll support your leadership in selecting the right people, the right projects, and sponsoring them to closure.

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Still have questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

What is RT5 (rolling Top 5)?

Rolling Top 5 is a tool and a mindset. The tool helps you choose and focus on the top projects in your organization. The mindset helps you build a problem-solving focused culture from the ground up, allowing your company to solve any problem that comes your way.

Who is it good for?

RT5 training is well suited for leaders who are responsible for project teams. Leaders who will select projects, build project teams, sponsor projects, and help ensure that corrective actions are implemented are perfect candidates for RT5 training.

how much time does it take?

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Transforming your organization into a center of excellence in problem solving won’t happen overnight either, but we’ve see organizations implement these principles and transform their teams in less than 2 years. 

What do we get out of this?

RT5 is a structured approach to building a culture that will help point everyone in your team towards the same goals, solving the projects that contribute to larger gains, in a quick and efficient way to see rapid bottom line improvements and significant returns on your investments with us.

How can we insure it's effective for us?

Rolling Top 5 is the cornerstone of a successful cultural shift to problem solving proficiency. The best way to ensure that it is effective is to hold each other accountable for creating the new structure and taking the time and effort to implement this new framework for your entire leadership team. We’re here to assist whenever you have additional questions or need support. 

Innovative structure & refined simplicity that yield speed to resolution

Let our team of dedicated problem solvers help resolve your most impactful issues. Contact us today to team up!

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Dorian Awards Criteria

Team Project Awards

Product Development
PROJECT OF THE YEAR

This category recognizes technical problems solved during product development and launch. These projects typically have small sample sizes to work with. Product development begins the lifecycle of a product. Projects that win this award will demonstrate:

  • Potential impact of the problem.
  • Effective use of the Shainin Red X® tools to uncover the root cause.
  • The timeline of resolution from initial discovery to solution implemented. 
  • Explanation of lessons learned and how to use this knowledge in the future.

Dorian Awards Criteria

Team Project Awards

Field Reliability
PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Field failures impact more than just your bottom line. This category is dedicated to projects that focus on field issues such as ‘No Trouble Found’, fatigue failures, and other destructive or malfunction events. Projects that win this award will demonstrate:

  • Initial impact of the problem.
  • Creative and effective use of the Shainin Red X® tools to uncover the root cause.
  • Speed and efficiency in resolving the issue.  
  • Impact of resolving the problem.

Dorian Awards Criteria

Team Project Awards

PLANT MANUFACTURING
PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Manufacturing is a world all its own. With the fast-moving pace, the speed of solving problems matters. The Plant Manufacturing Project of the Year Award recognizes projects that resolve complex problems in ongoing production which impact the end user, company bottom line, production quality rates, and the like. Projects that win this award will demonstrate:

  • Technical difficulty or complexity in resolving the issue.
  • Creative and effective use of the Shainin Red X® tools to uncover the root cause.
  • How the solution or information discovered was leveraged.
  • Timeline for resolving the issue.
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John Abrahamian

Executive VP - Problem Solving

John Abrahamian is a highly respected problem solver as well as an expert in the field of Lean manufacturing, with a career spanning over three decades. Throughout his career, John has become renowned for his innovative approach to problem-solving and his unwavering dedication to customer satisfaction. 
  
After receiving his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1985, John began his career as a design and development engineer at Pratt & Whitney. It was during this time that his interest in problem-solving first emerged. By 1994, John had become a Continuous Improvement Manager at the company. During his tenure, John led Pratt & Whitney’s efforts in Lean manufacturing and Value Engineering. 
  
In 1990, John began pursuing his MBA in Operations Management, where he was first introduced to the concept of Lean manufacturing, and this influenced the direction of his career. In 1996, he was encouraged by his Pratt & Whitney team to take Shainin Red X training, building on his Lean manufacturing efforts. This training proved to be a turning point in John’s career, igniting his passion for problem-solving and setting him on a path to becoming one of the industry’s most respected experts. 
  
In 1998, John joined Shainin, where he has spent the last 25 years pursuing his passion for problem-solving. During his time here, John has developed innovative approaches to problem-solving, having received a US Patent for a problem-solving method. He also integrated function analysis into Shainin methods, seeding what would ultimately become Resilient Engineering.  
  
Despite his busy schedule, John still finds time to pursue his hobbies, which include golfing, stand-up paddleboarding, and skeet shooting. He especially enjoys traveling with his wife and spending time with family, including his three grandsons. 
  
Having the opportunity to work in a wide variety of industries, experiencing different cultures and meeting new and interesting people gives John the kind of job satisfaction that makes him grateful to be in this field of work. He truly enjoys creating meaningful relationships with his customers and inspiring ordinary engineers to become extraordinary problem solvers. 

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Dorian Awards Criteria

Red X® Master of the Year Award

The Red X® Master of the Year Award is for leaders with a Red X® Master Certification who have increased the impact of problem solving using Shainin technologies within their organization.

To be considered for this award, the submission must meet the following criteria:

  • Applies leadership skills to expand the impact of Shainin technologies within the organization.
  • Results include projects that made a significant impact improving business performance.
  • The number of individuals coached to certification.

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Team Project Awards

This category of awards is for project teams who have demonstrated outstanding application of Shainin methodologies in solving complex problems within their company.

To be considered for this award, the submission must meet the following criteria:

  • 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