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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.

The Industrial Internet of Things Delivers on the Demand for Manufacturing ROI

Now more than ever, manufacturers are under pressure to do more with less to improve financial resul...
Michael Train Aug 21, 2019 9:00:09 AM

Benefits of Connecting Manufacturing Process Management to the Product Record

It is well known that getting a product to market quickly is critical to a company’s success. There ...
Chuck Cimalore Aug 19, 2019 9:00:15 AM

Industrial Cybersecurity Must Focus on Protecting Operational Technology

Cybersecurity incidents will have serious ramifications if today's workforce is not better trained t...
ISA Past-Presidents Aug 5, 2019 9:00:42 AM

Why Systems Integrators Need to Advance Beyond Traditional Instrumentation and Control Skill Sets

This post was authored by Collin Dailey, a technology development engineer at Phoseon Technology, an...
Contributing Authors Jul 31, 2019 9:00:12 AM

Does Your Company Have Vision to Leverage Disruptive Industrial Automation Innovations?

Disruptive innovations create new value, so users can achieve better results and, in many cases, mor...
Bill Lydon Jul 29, 2019 9:00:45 AM

Does IIoT Live Up to the Hype?

There sure is an awful lot of hype about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). One cannot attend...
Eric J. Byres Jul 22, 2019 9:00:46 AM

Process Plants Need New Approaches to Leverage Actionable Information From Big Data

In May 2011, the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company released a research report titled...
Michael Risse Jul 1, 2019 9:00:39 AM

How to Use Asset Performance Management as a Driver for Digital Industrial Transformation

Digital transformation will not happen overnight, but it will happen quickly. While the IoT is quick...
Jeremiah Stone Jun 3, 2019 9:00:11 AM

Cost-Effective Option for Using Cellular Data for SCADA and Data Acquisition at Remote Sites

The Internet of Things needs technology to connect people to machines and processes. From the operat...
Marcia Gadbois May 29, 2019 9:00:48 AM

IIoT Solves Problems Previously Considered Unsolvable

At a conference I attended, the keynote speaker observed that today is the first time in history tha...
Andrew Hird May 22, 2019 9:00:16 AM

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