It can hardly be contradicted that there is a growing complaint about mismatch between the potential per-formance of CIM solutions available and the practical success score in implementing CIM in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This paper assumes that one reason for this discrepancy lies in the heavy-handedness of the planning methods and tools available to consultants while planning CIM implementation in SMEs. It describes after justification of this assumption the part of the CIMple methodology and software called FTM (Fast Track Modelling) which specifically adresses the support of SME's.
