Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Models, Case Studies & Diffusion Forecasts (IIASA CIM Series Vol. 3) - Essential Guide for Industrial Automation & Smart Factory Implementation

CIM (computer integrated manufacturing) is an acronym that has become fairly well known in recent years in manufacturing and related engineering circles. The purpose of the CIM Project at IIASA is to close the widening gap between the pace of technological, economic, and social events, on the one hand, and the progress of understanding those events, on the other.