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.

The Internet of Everything Delivers Smart Manufacturing

This article was written by Kevin Davenport, director of IoT at Intel Corporation, and Yuta Endo,VP/...
Contributing Authors Mar 4, 2015 10:42:50 AM

Multivariable Control Performance: A Case for Model-less Control

Multivariable control is usually thought of as a product of the computer age, but multivariable cont...
Allan Kern Mar 2, 2015 10:42:59 AM

Production Line and Machine Upgrades Improve Productivity and Efficiency

This excerpt is from the July/August 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Bill Lydon, In...
Bill Lydon Feb 23, 2015 10:42:39 AM

The Industrial Sector Is Uniquely Vulnerable to Cyberattack

This post was authored by Mary Ramsey, executive director of ISA and formerly senior vice president ...
Mary Ramsey Feb 18, 2015 10:42:23 AM

How to Integrate Multigenerational Industrial Automation Systems

This post was written by Chad Harper, senior director of technology for MAVERICK Technologies, a Roc...
Contributing Authors Feb 11, 2015 10:42:05 AM

The Proper Implementation and Common Mistakes of Sequential Function Charts

This post was written by Charles M. Fialkowski, director of product marketing for Siemens Process Au...
Contributing Authors Feb 2, 2015 10:42:35 AM

Industrial Big Data Analytics: Present and Future

This post was authored by Brian Courtney, VP and GM at Resideo. He previously was CEO of LifeWhere a...
Contributing Authors Jan 28, 2015 10:42:51 AM

How FDI Technology Meets the Device Integration Needs of Your Plant or Facility

This post was written by Jonas Berge, Terry Blevins, Stephen Mitschke and Ludwig Winkel.
Contributing Authors Jan 22, 2015 10:42:23 AM

Leverage New Knowledge to Avoid Being Blindsided

This article is from the March/April 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Bill Lydon, In...
Bill Lydon Jan 14, 2015 10:42:03 AM

How to Create Working Information Capital Within Your Process Industry Enterprise

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2014 issue of InTech magazine by John Nesi, vice president of m...
Contributing Authors Jan 7, 2015 10:42:05 AM

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