CIM may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for computer-integrated manufacturing, CIM is a method of manufacturing that uses computers to control the entire production process. Using CIM helps speed up the production and reduce the amount of errors that may occur with human manufacturing.

  2. Short for common information model, CIM is a model for describing overall management information in a network and enterprise environment.

Computer acronyms, DMI, DMTF, Hardware terms, Network terms, WBEM, WMI

  • Further information about CIM standards is published at the DMTF website.