Daniel T. Jones is an English author and researcher.
He won the
Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
The ''Shingo Prize for Organizational Excellence'' is an award for organizational excellence given to organizations worldwide by the Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. In order ...
in the Research and Professional Publication category multiple times
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.
Education
He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Sussex
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. In 2015 he received an honorary
Doctorate of Science
A Doctor of Science (; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.
Africa
Algeria and Morocco
In Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, all universities accredited by the s ...
from the
University of Buckingham
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in the
United Kingdom
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.
Works
Daniel Jones along with
James P. Womack researched the
automotive industry
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. Their research work with
Daniel Roos, a professor at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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on the
automotive industry
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, 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.
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Bibliography
Books
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*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), ,
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See also
* Lean manufacturing
Lean manufacturing is a methods of production, method of manufacturing goods aimed primarily at reducing times within the Operations management#Production systems, production system as well as response times from suppliers and customers. It is ...
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century English writers
British business writers
English founders
Alumni of the University of Sussex
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