A study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, defining the existing world situation regarding the underlying technologies of CIM, and the degrees to which technologies such as NC/CNC machine tools, robotics and CAD/CAM are currently being used in metal products manufacturing.
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.
