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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.

Webinar Recording: Future-Proof Your Automation Solutions with Standards-Based Design

This ISA webinar on industrial calibration was presented by Rick Slaugenhaupt, a consultant for MAVE...
Contributing Authors May 6, 2019 10:42:01 AM

Optimize Your Industrial Automation System with a Resilient Design Strategy

In a previous post regarding good automation system design concepts considered the issue of robust d...
Paul Darnbrough Nov 16, 2015 10:42:43 AM

Design Automation Systems with a Focus on Diagnostics and Situational Awareness

My first post regarding good automation system design concepts approached the issue of robust design...
Paul Darnbrough Nov 2, 2015 10:42:27 AM

Is There Enough Focus on Cybersecurity for Municipal Infrastructure?

This guest blog post was written by Dee Brown, PE, ATD, a co-founder and principal with Brown Engine...
Contributing Authors Oct 26, 2015 10:42:36 AM

Automation Engineering Design Must Protect Against the Unexpected

Anyone can drive down a wide-open, well maintained road on a lovely day. But it requires a higher le...
Paul Darnbrough Oct 19, 2015 10:42:44 AM

Always Design in Spare Capacity to Allow for Industrial Plant Expansion

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 15, 2013 10:00:06 AM

Pitfalls of Selecting Low-Cost Industrial Instrumentation

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Oct 12, 2012 10:00:42 AM

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