Consortium for Innovative Manufacturing and Operations Management (CIMOM)
CIMOM was developed to promote strategic advances in the area of innovative manufacturing and operations management by acting as a liaison between manufacturing organizations and the resources that assist companies in reaching their goal of manufacturing excellence.

The vision of CIMOM focuses on the following areas of Product Life Cycle Management: Product Design, Product Development, Manufacturing Effectiveness, Supply Chain Management (Purchasing, Logistics, and Inventory Management), Service Parts Planning, and Obsolescence Planning, Demand Forecasting, Quality Management, Process Control.