TY - SER AU - Ragowsky, Arik AU - Stern, Myles TI - The benefits of IS for CIM applications: a survey KW - CIM APPLICATIONS N1 - CIM integrates production, administrative, and support functions in a manufacturing firm by tying together separate automated systems. To identify benefits from automating information systems hereafter 'IS' applications, and to determine if and why different firms achieve different levels of benefit from their IS, structured interviews were held with managers of more than 300 manufacturing companies located in Israel ER -