CIM Engineering, Inc. - CIM & eBusiness Approach

"Your eBusiness Strategist, Integrator & Partner"

The CIM Group of Companies have been adopting, since their inception in 1984, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) as a strategy and management philosophy. Over the last decade, the concept of CIM has evolved to that of CIE (Computer Integrated Enterprises), then to the "Virtual Manufacturing Enterprises", and, finally to what is know today as "eBusiness" .

The Company is positioned to bring competitive advantage to itself and its business partners through state-of-art technology, improved communications and good management.

The following are some of the relevant technology, management or strategy white papers we have published over the years, which may be of interest to those who would want to know the concepts and approaches behind what we are doing.

Yim, P., J. Cheyer & T. Gordon Full-Scale Implementation of the State of the Future Index (SOFI) System

Glenn, Jerome & Gordon, Theodore Futures Research Methodology v2.0 (ISBN:0-9722051-1-X; American Council for the United Nations University)

Jin, Mason, Yim Bridging US-China Cross-Cultural Differences Using Internet and Groupware Technologies
Yim, Peter P. Making IT in China
Winograd, Newman, Yim Including People in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Designs
Yim, Peter P. CIM3 -- Computer Integrated Man-Machine Manufacturing Systems, An Introduction

Other relevant reference material :-

For the Policy/Business/Technology Strategist :

Malone, Thomas W. The Future of Work: How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style and Your Life
Glenn, Jerome & Gordon, Theodore Futures Research Methodology, version 2.0
Helgesen, Sally The Web of Inclusion
Wenger, E., McDermott, R. & Snyder, W. Cultivating Communities of Practice
McGehee, Tom, Jr. Whoosh : Business in the Fast Lane
Glenn, J. & Gordon, T. 1999 State of the Future: Challenges We Face at the Millennium
Locke, Christopher, Levine, R., Searls, D., Weinberger, D. The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
Seybold, Patricia et. al. The Customer Revolution
Seybold, Patricia et. al. Customers.Com: How to Create a Profitable Business Strategy for the Internet and Beyond
Hagel, J. & Armstrong, A. Net Gain : Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities
Hagel, J. & Singer, M. Net Worth : Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules
Sakaiya, Taichi (translated) Knowledge Value Revolution : Or a History of the Future
Davidow, W. & Malone, M. The Virtual Corporation : Structuring and Revitalizing the Corporation for the 21st Century
Downes, L., Mui, C., Negroponte, N. Unleashing the Killer App : Digital Strategies for Market Dominance
Fukuyama, Francis Trust : The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
Johansen, R., Swigart, R. Upsizing the Individual in the Downsized Organization
Rogers, Everett M. Diffusion of Innovations
Utterback, James Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation
Stock, Gregory Metaman : The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism
Capra, Fritjof The Web of Life : A New Understanding of Living Systems
Holland, John Emergence : From Chaos to Order
Holland, John Hidden Order : How Adaptation Builds Complexity
Stokes, Donald E. Pasteurs Quadrant : Basic Science and Technological Innovation

The System Integrator's Corner :

Daconta. Michael, Obrst, Leo & Smith, Kevin The Semantic Web : A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management
Park, Jack & Hunting, Sam (ed.) XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web
Goldfarb, Charles F. & Prescod, Paul Charles F. Goldfarb's XML Handbook (4th Edition)
Miller, Michael J. Linux for Windows Addicts: A Twelve Step Program for Habitual Windows Users
Albitz, Paul et. al. DNS and BIND
Soukup, Ron Inside Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
Fowler, M, Scott K., Booch, G. UML Distilled, Second Edition: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
Mize, Joe (ed.) Guide to Systems Integration

For the student in all of us :

Markoff, John What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer
Bardini, Thierry Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing
Carroll John M. (ed.) Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millennium
Winograd, T. & Flores, F. Understanding Computers and Cognition : A New Foundation for Design
Greif, Irene Computer-Supported Cooperative Work : A Book of Readings
Roberts, Eric The Art and Science of C : A Library-Based Introduction to Computer Science
Sipser, Michael Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Devlin, Keith Life by the Numbers
Temple, Robert The Genius of China : 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention
Lao Tsu Tao Te Ching (Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English)
Reid, T. R. Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches us About Living in the West
Lakoff, George & Johnson, Mark Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought
Searle, John Mind, Language and Society : Philosophy in the Real World (Masterminds)
Bruner, Jerome Acts of Meaning (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)
Popper, Karl R., Miller, David (Editor) Popper Selections
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

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CIM Engineering, Inc. (dba. "CIM3")
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