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.

Future Engineers Benefit from ISA Student Sections

This post was authored by Leo Staples, senior manager, utility operational compliance, at OGE Energy...
Contributing Authors Nov 20, 2017 10:42:36 AM

Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Process Analyzer Systems Project Engineering and Management

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published Proc...
Joel Don Oct 25, 2017 10:42:06 AM

How the Connected Enterprise Can Help Close the Manufacturing Industry Skills Gap

This article was written by Beth Parkinson, director of market development for the Rockwell Automati...
Contributing Authors Sep 25, 2017 10:42:55 AM

A New and Different Direction for ISA

This post is authored by Steven W. Pflantz, president of ISA 2017.
ISA Past-Presidents Sep 19, 2017 9:00:46 AM

Is Your PM Program Passive, Preventative, Predictive or Proactive?

This article was written by Ian Verhappen, PE, CAP, managing director of the ISA108 committee, and H...
Contributing Authors Sep 11, 2017 10:42:11 AM

ISA Student Sections Spearhead Future Industrial Automation Workforce

This post was written by Leo Staples, senior manager, utility operational compliance, at OGE Energy ...
Contributing Authors Sep 6, 2017 10:42:13 AM

Unintended Consequences of Cutting Technical Headcount

This post was written by Stephen Malyszko, president and chief executive officer of Malisko Engineer...
Contributing Authors Aug 16, 2017 10:42:53 AM

Explaining Automation: Keep It Simple, Relevant, Relatable

This post is authored by Steven W. Pflantz, president of ISA 2017.
ISA Past-Presidents Aug 15, 2017 9:00:18 AM

An Efficient Decentralized Iterative Learning Tracker

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Aug 7, 2017 10:42:30 AM

ISA is Changing

This post is authored by Steven W. Pflantz, president of ISA 2017.
Contributing Authors Jul 14, 2017 11:42:59 AM

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