ISA Interchange

Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

Why You Should Insist on Documented Code for Every New Process Industry Project

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 30, 2013 10:00:43 AM

Simplified Predictive Control Algorithm for Disturbance Rejection

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Aug 28, 2013 10:42:25 AM

Foundation Fieldbus Analysis for Floating Production Storage and Offloading Projects

This post was authored by Suresh P. Nair, senior engineer at BW Offshore.
Contributing Authors Aug 26, 2013 10:42:00 AM

The Importance of Using Tuned Positioners on All Control Valves

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 23, 2013 10:00:04 AM

What Kind of MES Do You Need?

This guest post is authored by John Clemons, director of manufacturing IT at MAVERICK Technologies. ...
Contributing Authors Aug 21, 2013 10:42:24 AM

Getting real about pressure transmitter accuracy

This guest post is authored by Ted Dimm, field instrumentation marketing leader for Honeywell Proces...
Contributing Authors Aug 19, 2013 10:42:15 AM

If You Have to Tell Everyone How Smart You Are, You Probably Aren’t

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 16, 2013 10:00:50 AM

Component MES Offers Manufacturing IT Alternatives so You Can Have It Your Way

This guest post was authored by Dave Loesche, director of DCSNext, MAVERICK Technologies.
Contributing Authors Aug 14, 2013 10:42:00 AM

Top 10 Industrial Alarm System Blunders

This article was written by Kevin Brown, alarm management subject matter expert at Enbridge Pipeline...
Contributing Authors Aug 12, 2013 10:42:01 AM

Why Automation Professionals Should Write and Present Technical Papers

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 9, 2013 10:00:41 AM

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