CIMdata is one of the leading independent worldwide strategic-consultant companies. It offers services that maximize an enterprise s ability to design and deliver products and services through the application of its product lifecycle-management solutions. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services that seek competitive advantages in the global economy. The company maintains a business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions through collaborative creation, management, dissemination and use of product-definition information. CIMdata is composed of multiple elements, such as foundation technologies and standards; information authoring tools; core functions and functional applications; and business solutions built on other elements. CIMdata has an office in Ann Arbor, Mich.