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CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Towards the Factory of the Future
August-Wilhelm Scheer · 3rd edition (latest English edition) · 1994 · Springer
August-Wilhelm Scheer's classic on Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) treats the computerized handling of integrated business processes across all functions of an industrial enterprise — from design and production planning to manufacturing control.
Our verdict: Worth reading for context. The foundational work that shaped how integrated product and production data management was understood in industry — valuable as the intellectual root of today's PLM and digital thread thinking, not as a modern how-to guide.
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