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computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)

the use of COMPUTERS to integrate all facets of PRODUCTION planning and control, including product design, factory layout planning, production scheduling and stock control. See COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING.
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To address these needs, the IEC developed a family of standards named Common Information Model (CIM).
For more information contact CIM at (216) 791-5000 or visit www.cim.edu, or contact The Walter W.
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CIM's scalable and cost-effective knowledge transfer solutions can easily be integrated into existing learning efforts.
"Ernst & Young's certification of our internal technical processes and controls for traffic analysis gives CIM advertisers confidence in the way we measure and report on Internet Web traffic," said Debbie Campbell, CIM vice president of advertising sales.
The requirements for rapid change and interoperability in the face of increased applications complexity led SEMATECH to conclude that a CIM framework architecture is a necessity.
The questionnaire asked for the types and the number of different CIM components in use, the degree of their integration, the achieved level of flexibility and automation of the production processes, and the applications of production planning and control.
During the past ten years, many US manufacturers have accepted and implemented CIM into their manufacturing process.
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