To celebrate Manufacturing Day, the Dozuki team got into a few squabbles about who our favorite minds in manufacturing are. What better way to resolve the argument than to bring the brightest minds together to build the ultimate manufacturing dream team. Read more at Dozuki.com This is the group of people you would want on your sideline, the team that would win the most championships, and most importantly - the people who had a profound impact on the industry of manufacturing.

1. THE MANUFACTURING
DREAM TEAM
Celebrating the all-time
greatest minds in manufacturing

2. What better way to celebrate
Manufacturing Day than by highlighting
the best minds in manufacturing?
These folks are the people you would want on
your personal all-star team.
Most importantly, they had a profound and lasting
impact on the manufacturing industry.

3. Well, what are we waiting for?
It’s time to announce the starting lineup for
the Manufacturing Dream Team!

4. THE MANUFACTURING
DREAM TEAM

5. THE MANUFACTURING
DREAM TEAM
Back row (L to R): Thomas Newcomen, Eli Whitney, John T. Parsons, Taiichi Ohno,
Oliver Evans, Henry Ford, Leroy Hood
Front row (L to R): Richard Arkwright, Charles Walton, Chuck Hull, James Watt,
Thomas Savery, Patrick Hanratty

6. THOMAS NEWCOMEN (aka The OG)
Born: February, 1664
Country: England
Notable Achievements:
Designed and installed the first
successful steam engine, used
for pumping water out of coal
mines. This paved the way for
the Watt steam engine and
Britain’s Industrial Revolution.

7. ELI WHITNEY (aka Mix ‘n’ Match)
Born: December 8, 1765
Country: USA
Company: Whitney Arms
Notable Achievements:
Invented the cotton gin.
Popularized interchangeable
parts in manufacturing.

8. JOHN T. PARSONS (aka Servo)
Born: October 11, 1913
Country: USA
Company: Parsons Corporation
Notable Achievements:
Pioneered automated, numerically
controlled machine tools, paving
the way for CNC machines.

9. TAIICHI OHNO (aka Mr. Lean)
Born: February 29, 1912
Country: China
Company: Toyota
Notable Achievements:
Father of the Toyota Production
System (later known as Lean
Manufacturing).

10. OLIVER EVANS (aka Auto)
Born: September 13, 1755
Country: USA
Notable Achievements:
Pioneered the first fully
automated industrial process,
paving the way for continuous
production. Invented the first
amphibious vehicle. Proposed
the concept of the refrigerator.

11. HENRY FORD (aka Tin Lizzie)
Born: July 30, 1863
Country: USA
Company: Ford Motor Company
Notable Achievements:
Brought assembly line
production and automobiles
to the masses.

12. RICHARD ARKWRIGHT (aka Cotton)
Born: December 23, 1732
Country: England
Notable Achievements:
Created the modern factory
system, the “Father of the
Industrial Revolution.”
Combined power, machinery,
labor and raw materials to create
mass-produced textiles.

13. CHARLES WALTON (aka Tracker)
Born: 1921
Country: USA
Notable Achievements:
Invented RFID (radio-frequency
identification) technology.
Company: IBM, US Army Signal
Corps, Proximity Devices

14. CHUCK HULL (aka Mini Me)
Born: May 12, 1939
Country: USA
Company: 3D Systems
Notable Achievements:
Invented stereolithography (aka
3D printing), commercial rapid
prototyping technology, and the
STL file format.

15. JAMES WAT T (aka Horsepower)
Born: January 19, 1736
Country: Scotland
Company: Boulton and Watt
Notable Achievements:
Invented the Watt steam engine
(which powered machines,
locomotives and ships during
Britain’s Industrial Revolution).

16. Country: USA
Company: General Electric,
General Motors
Notable Achievements:
The “Father of CAD/CAM.”
Created PRONTO, the first
commercial numerical-control
programming system.
PATRICK J. HANRATTY (aka Pronto)

17. THE MANUFACTURING
DREAM TEAM
Back row (L to R): Thomas Newcomen, Eli Whitney, John T. Parsons, Taiichi Ohno,
Oliver Evans, Henry Ford, Leroy Hood
Front row (L to R): Richard Arkwright, Charles Walton, Chuck Hull, James Watt,
Thomas Savery, Patrick Hanratty

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19. Resources
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britannica.com/biography/Eli-Whitney
cadhistory.net/15%20Patrick%20Hanratty%20and%20MCS.pdf
history.co.uk/biographies/richard-arkwright
history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
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thomasnet.com/articles/custom-manufacturing-fabricating/steam-engine-history
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiichi_Ohno
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arkwright
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_J._Hanratty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Walton_(inventor)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hull
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Parsons