CIM - An Intro

Computer integrated Manufacturing

            Computer integrated manufacturing(CIM) is a broad term covering all technologies and soft automation used to manage the resources for cost effective production of tangible goods.

• Integration – capital, human, technology and equipment
• CIM – which orchestrates the factors of production and its management.

                                      

                                     Computer   Aided     Design   (CAD)

                                 Computer   Aided  Manufacturing  (CAM)

   Flexible    Manufacturing   Systems    (FMS)

Computer   Aided  Process   Planning  (CAPP)

  

• CIM is being projected as a panacea for Discrete manufacturing type of industry, which produces 40% of all goods.

Definition of CIM:

            It describes integrated applications of computers in manufacturing. A number of observers have attempted to refine its meaning:

One needs to think of CIM as a computer system in which the peripherals, instead of being  printers, plotters, terminals and memory disks are robots, machine tools and other processing equipment. It is a little noisier and a little messier, but it’s basically a computer system.

-          Joel Goldhar, Dean, Illinois Institute of Technology

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CIM is a management philosophy, not a turnkey computer product. It is a philosophy crucial to the survival of most manufacturers because it provides the levels of product design and production control and shop flexibility to compete in future domestic and international markets.                                                                      - Dan Appleton, President, DACOM, Inc.

CIM is an opportunity for realigning your two most fundamental resources: people and technology. CIM is a lot more than the integration of mechanical, electrical, and even informational systems. It’s an understanding of the new way to manage.

-          Charles Savage, president, Savage Associates

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CIM is nothing but a data management and networking problem.

-          Jack Conaway, CIM marketing manager, DEC

The preceding comments on CIM have different emphases (as highlighted).

            An attempt to define CIM is analogous to a group of blind persons trying to describe an elephant by touching it.

“CIM is the integration of the total manufacturing enterprise through the use of integrated systems and data communications coupled with new managerial philosophies that improve organizational and personnel efficiency.”

- Shrensker, Computer Automated Systems Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (CASA/SME)

How to change the Layout/ Text Wrapping of an Image/Photo/Picture in MS Word 2007 / 2003

Lot of people’s would have come across with the problem on how to move an image anywhere in a MS Word page.

As you could see the below figure depicts on how the image is actually stated with the words “In Line with Text” when the image is being right clicked.

This is the default setting of the image. This makes the image to move only along the text and could not be freely moved as you wish.

Examples:

You could place the image on the right side and want your text on the other half side just how you see now   

You could place the image on the left side and want your text on the other half side just how you see now.   

Here It Is How To Do:

If you are working on MS word 2007:

1. Right click on the image which you want to place it anywhere on  the page.
2. Once you right click the image you can see “Text Wrapping”
                                                             

 3. Click the “Text Wrapping”. A popup menu will appear displaying what kind of text wrapping you need for your image.
4. Click “Through” command

5. That’s it. Your image is now ready to be placed on the left, right, middle or anywhere on the page.

If you are working on MS word 2003: 

1. Right click on the image. You will notice that there will be no “Text Wrapping” command. Instead you can see “Format Picture”. Click on the “Format Picture” command.

    2. A new popup menu will open in which it consists of many tabs such as “Colors and Lines, Size, Layout, Picture, All Text”. Click the “Layout” Tab.

       3. As you could see from the below image, after clicking the “Layout” Tab, various commands for “Text wrapping” will be displayed. In order to find out the “Through” command click on the “Advanced” button.

 

      4. Another new popup Menu will be displayed showing advanced options of “Text wrapping” methods. Here you can find the “Through” command. Click on the “Through” command.

 

      5. Finally click the “OK” buttons on the two popup menus and there you go with your image being placed anywhere on the page.