Daniel T. Jones (author)
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.
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) |
He is also the founder of the Lean Enterprise Academy.
Education
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]
Works
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]
Bibliography
Books
- A. Graves; Daniel T. Jones (1986). Comparison of international research and development in the automobile industry. International Motor Vehicle Program.
- Roos, Daniel, Ph.D.; Womack, James P., Ph.D.; Jones, Daniel T.: The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production, Harper Perennial (November 1991), ISBN 0060974176, ISBN 978-0060974176
- James P. Womack; Daniel T. Jones (2002). Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream, Volume 4. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780966784350.
- James P. Womack; Daniel T. Jones (2010). Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. ISBN 9780743249270.
- James P. Womack; Daniel T. Jones (2015). Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743277792.
- Michael Balle; Daniel T. Jones (2016). Priolo, Roberto (ed.). Lead with Lean: On Lean Leadership and Practice. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781540480842.
See also
References
- Millard, Maggie (17 November 2017). "Meet Some of the Pioneers of Lean Leadership". Kainexus.
- "Shingo Institute - Leading a New Era of Enterprise Excellence". shingo.org. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014.
- "Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value And Wealth Together". IndustryWeek. 6 March 2006.
- "Daniel T. Jones". lean.org.
- "Honorary Graduates 2015". buckingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2019.