Daniel T. Jones | |
---|---|
Other names | Dan Jones |
Alma mater | University of Sussex |
Occupation(s) | Author, researcher |
Known for | Lean management |
Notable work | The Machine That Changed the World (1991) |
Awards | Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence (1994, 1998, 2003) |
Daniel T. Jones is an English author and researcher.[1] He won the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence in the Research and Professional Publication category multiple times[2][3] for his books The Machine that Changed the World, Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Organization and Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream.
He is also the founder of the Lean Enterprise Academy.
He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Sussex.[4] In 2015 he received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom.[5]
Daniel Jones along with James P. Womack researched the automotive industry. Their research work with Daniel Roos, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the automotive industry, found a three-to-one productivity difference between Japanese and American factories. Their research was published as a book, The Machine That Changed the World in 1991.[1]
International | |
---|---|
National | |
Academics | |
Other |