CIM example - DELL JIT. Computer Integrated Manufacture. This is the complete automation of a manufacturing facility such as a factory.
All functions are under computer control. This starts with computer aided design, followed by computer aided manufacture, followed by automated storage and distribution. One integrated computer system controls all that happens. Stage One - Computer Aided Design. Computer Integrated Manufacturing. By James L.
Morrison [Note: This is a re-formatted manuscript that was originally published in On the Horizon , 1992, 1 (2), 5. It is posted here with permission from Jossey Bass Publishers .]