Practical CIM

Question 1

What are the key benefits of CIM?

Answer 1

• collaboration

- open architecture

Question 2

Goals of CIM?

Answer 2

• improve production
• improve interoperability
• increase automation
• tie business together with manufacturing

Question 3

What is the 1st myth about CIM?

Answer 3

It’s impossible to implement CIM for Print Media

Question 4

What is the 2nd myth about CIM?

Answer 4

CIM makes every company the same

Question 5

What is the 3rd myth about CIM?

Answer 5

You can’t implement CIM without JDF

Question 6

What is the 4th myth about CIM?

Answer 6

CIM only address the shop floor

Question 7

What is the 5th myth about CIM?

Answer 7

Printers won’t change to embrace CIM

Question 8

What is the 6th myth about CIM?

Answer 8

Justifying CIM requires knowing your costs

Question 9

What is the 7th myth about CIM?

Answer 9

Printers don’t have the skill set or motivation to implement CIM

Question 10

What is the 8th myth about CIM?

Answer 10

You have to replace existing equipment to implement CIM

Question 11

When training, ask questions such as…?

Answer 11

“What do you want people to know at the end of training?

Question 12

T/F? CIM is a department-wide process?

Answer 12

False, it’s a company-wide process

Question 13

______ are the biggest ______ and the greatest ______

Answer 13

People are the biggest assets and the greatest liability

Question 14

Seven parts to myth 1

Answer 14

1) Production planning
2) Estimating/costing
3) Scheduling
4) Digital workflow/PDF
5) Automated ink key settings
6) Shop floor data collection
7) Computerized bindery setup