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.

High Pay Is Great but Life Is Too Short to Stay in an Engineering Job You Dislike

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Oct 11, 2013 10:00:58 AM

Why You Should Insist on Documented Code for Every New Process Industry Project

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 30, 2013 10:00:43 AM

Eight Steps Critical to a Complete Industrial Supplier Selection Process

This post was authored by Roy Kok, vice president of sales and marketing at Ocean Data Systems.
Contributing Authors Apr 29, 2013 1:50:08 PM

The Benefits of Teamwork for a Industrial Project Start-up or Plant Outage

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Apr 26, 2013 10:00:33 AM

Manufacturing IT Project Pitfalls (Part 2)

This guest post is authored by John Clemons, director of manufacturing IT at MAVERICK Technologies. ...
Contributing Authors Apr 17, 2013 10:42:22 AM

Manufacturing IT Project Pitfalls (Part 1)

This guest post is authored by John Clemons, director of manufacturing IT at MAVERICK Technologies. ...
Contributing Authors Apr 15, 2013 12:25:16 PM

How Do You Keep New Engineers From Leaving Your Business?

This post was authored by Paul Dunn, vice president of sales at MAVERICK Technologies.
Contributing Authors Mar 18, 2013 10:42:09 AM

Why New Engineers Should Get Plant Experience Early

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Mar 15, 2013 10:00:57 AM

How do you spend the first hour of your day?

According to a recent Fast Company article, the most successful people use it to prepare for their d...
Contributing Authors Oct 22, 2012 2:05:49 PM

Do You Care? I Do...

"There is no future in any job. The future is in the way you do your job."
Contributing Authors Sep 18, 2012 9:13:28 PM

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