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.

PIC 2019: Shedding Light on Critical Process Industry Issues

Stars will shine brightly in the Lone Star State 4-6 November as experts in the energy and process m...
Carlos Melgarejo Sep 16, 2019 9:00:07 AM

Pipeline Leak Size: If We Can’t See It, We Can’t Detect It

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow and author of t...
Edward J. Farmer Sep 11, 2019 9:00:56 AM

Improved Process Control Strategy for Crude Oil Fractional Distillation [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Sep 9, 2019 9:00:11 AM

Webinar Recording: Small Batch Manufacturing

This educational ISA webinar was presented by Greg McMillan in conjunction with the ISA Mentor Progr...
Greg McMillan Sep 4, 2019 9:00:32 AM

Ensuring the Free Flow of Information: Routing Approaches for Complex Industrial Networks

This post was authored by Paul Brooks, business development manager, and Valerie Wilkins Tur, techni...
Contributing Authors Sep 2, 2019 9:00:18 AM

ISA Extends Reach Through Organization Partnerships

In their heyday, ISA conferences drew 30,000 attendees. Many changes have occurred since then, resul...
Paul Gruhn Aug 29, 2019 9:00:23 AM

How to Leverage Process Data to Improve Industrial Operations

One certainty is that manufacturing processes continue to get better at producing data, primarily du...
Greg Olsen Aug 28, 2019 9:00:59 AM

Why Industrial Cybersecurity Needs to Start at the Top and Be Embraced by All

Cybersecurity should be a top-of-mind issue with automation professionals and people throughout thei...
Bill Lydon Aug 26, 2019 9:00:16 AM

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

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