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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.

Simple Enhancement of PID Control

This guest blog post was written by Rick Slaugenhaupt, a senior engineer for MAVERICK Technologies. ...
Contributing Authors Nov 23, 2015 10:42:31 AM

Optimize Your Industrial Automation System with a Resilient Design Strategy

In a previous post regarding good automation system design concepts considered the issue of robust d...
Paul Darnbrough Nov 16, 2015 10:42:43 AM

Portrait of the Automation Engineer as a Young Professional

This post was adapted from an article published in the new edition of InTech Plus, ISA’s mobile maga...
Contributing Authors Nov 11, 2015 10:42:10 AM

Design Automation Systems with a Focus on Diagnostics and Situational Awareness

My first post regarding good automation system design concepts approached the issue of robust design...
Paul Darnbrough Nov 2, 2015 10:42:27 AM

Automation Engineering Design Must Protect Against the Unexpected

Anyone can drive down a wide-open, well maintained road on a lovely day. But it requires a higher le...
Paul Darnbrough Oct 19, 2015 10:42:44 AM

The Importance of Auditing the Industrial Alarm Management System

This excerpt is from the November/December 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Ram Visw...
Contributing Authors Sep 23, 2015 10:42:20 AM

Webinar Recording: How to Build and Secure Reliable Industrial Control Systems

This guest blog post was written by Alex Tarter, Ph.D., technical director of cybersecurity at Ultra...
Contributing Authors Sep 14, 2015 10:42:01 AM

What are the Cost Benefits of Industrial Wireless?

This blog post was written by Jay Werb, technical director of the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institu...
Contributing Authors Aug 26, 2015 10:42:23 AM

How to Protect the Operational Integrity of Industrial Infrastructure

This post was written by Clemens Blum, executive vice president of industry business at Schneider El...
Contributing Authors Aug 3, 2015 10:42:32 AM

Leverage Smart Manufacturing to Succeed in the New Global Economy

This post was written by Raj Batra, president of the digital factory division of Siemens USA.
Contributing Authors Jul 13, 2015 10:42:26 AM

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