| Daniel T. Jones | |
| Other Names: | Dan Jones |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sussex |
| Occupation: | Author, researcher |
| Known For: | Lean management |
| Notable Works: | The Machine That Changed the World (1991) |
| Office: | may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> |
| 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]