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.
Andrea Westerinen, VP of Technology and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), commented that the recent
CIM 2.7 was a significant occurrence.
Effective
CIM is critical to managing the seeming paradox of "efficient growth." Research studies suggest that failure to actively manage information can result in substantial losses and opportunity costs.
Thomson has developed Win95/98/NT compatible software that will allow the user to communicate with the
CIM and MEC 20 units remotely.
He notes that keeping records of the CMC Class Factors that produce good parts on each mold makes possible "smart scheduling." With the CMC data provided by Maintenance Wizard, the Source
CIM system can indicate which available machines match the CMC profile required by a given mold.
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.