COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Out With the Old?

BY MARK SMITH

Technology Editor

There's always a danger of any promising new technology or big idea becoming just so much hype. As expectations are built up, so too can be a sense that it all sounds too good to be true. All the talk of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) and Job Definition Format (JDF) is approaching, or already reached, the point where some in the industry are tempted to tune out.