... such as agil e ,l ean and virtual enterprises. Hence, there is a need toinvestigate the areas of further development, applica-tions and implications of CIM in the next generation ofmanufacturing ... includingarchitectures and evaluation of adaptability forl ean and agile manufacturing, and value chainintegration.·CIM in a physically distributed manufacturingen vironment.· Enterprise integration and environmental ... issuesas the main objectives in the design and imple-mentation of CIMS.·Rapid prototyping , virtual desig n, virtual manu-facturing and virtual enterprise and CIM.·Operations Control (productivity,...