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.

What Is a Good Security Approach to Water and Wastewater Process Control Systems?

This post was authored by Norman Anderson, PE, and Bill Phillips, PE.
Contributing Authors Nov 25, 2013 10:42:46 AM

Can Early Involvement Improve Operations and Maintenance in the Safety Life Cycle?

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2013 InTech by Henry Johnston and Fahad Howimil. To read the fu...
Contributing Authors Nov 11, 2013 11:54:09 AM

How to Integrate MES with Business Systems

This article was written by Paul Brandenburg a senior consultant with Brillig Systems.
Contributing Authors Nov 6, 2013 10:42:48 AM

What are the Benefits of Electronic Document Management for the Process Industries?

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Christine Knapik. To read the full artic...
Contributing Authors Nov 4, 2013 10:42:05 AM

Understanding Safety Life Cycles

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Kristen Barbour. To read the full articl...
Contributing Authors Oct 28, 2013 11:45:08 AM

How the Right Automation Can Turn Your Electricity Bills into a Competitive Advantage

This post was authored by Kevin Klustner, executive director at the Center for Advanced Materials an...
Contributing Authors Oct 23, 2013 10:42:36 AM

A Single Cyber Defense is the Weakest Form of Cyber Protection

Repeated cyberattacks on plant and factory infrastructure have been a real wake-up call for the indu...
Eric J. Byres Oct 21, 2013 3:15:37 PM

Putting Big Data to Productive Use in Manufacturing

This post was authored by Sanat Joshi, general manager of global automotive and manufacturing indust...
Contributing Authors Oct 7, 2013 10:42:06 AM

Asset Management Systems Increase Reliability and Efficiency

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2013 InTech by Augie DiGiovanni and John Renick. To read the fu...
Contributing Authors Sep 30, 2013 10:42:00 AM

Predictive Maintenance Embraces Analytics

This post was written by Robert Rice and Richard Bontatibus of Control Station, Inc.
Contributing Authors Sep 25, 2013 10:42:06 AM

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