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November 2026 Issue
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From the Editor: Your Data Model Is Now a Control Strategy
Welcome to the November 2026 issue of the International Society of Automation’s online magazine, Automation.com Monthly. The focus is IIoT and digital transformation enabled by sound data strategies.
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From Real-Time Visibility to Continuous Improvement in Food Manufacturing
Real-time visibility is only the first step toward operational excellence in food manufacturing. By connecting production data with assigned actions, corrective workflows and measurable results, intelligent operations platforms help manufacturers close the loop between identifying problems, resolving them and driving continuous improvement. -
Eliminating Manual Inspection in Consumer Goods Manufacturing with Intelligent Vision Systems
How AI-enabled vision technology helps manufacturers improve quality and address labor challenges. -
A Solution Architect’s Guide to Driving Manufacturing Insights from AI
AI must have clear, consistent and standardized data models to consume and utilize data efficiently and correctly. The authors describe how to develop those models. -
How To Plan CNC Automation: Five Questions That Determine the Right Solution
Every automation decision is more informed, strategic, and straightforward with Okuma Factory Automation as your partner and provider. -
Data Readiness: The Missing Link Between OT Data and Scalable Industrial AI
As industrial organizations race to capitalize on AI and other digital transformation initiatives, data readiness is emerging as the critical differentiator between organizations that experiment with AI and those that successfully scale it. -
How to Modernize 4-20mA Temperature Loops with Modern Digital Plant Architectures
Go into the instrumentation cabinets of almost any process plant built before the 2000s and you'll find that most of it still works exactly as it did thirty or forty years ago. So, the question isn't really whether that old infrastructure still does its job. It's whether it can keep up with what plants are now being asked to do with their data. -
AI-enabled iChain Helps Improve Delivery Accuracy by 30%
Because iChain was shaped inside one of Lenovo’s most complex operating environments, the customer-ready solution carries forward more than a technical design. It reflects practical lessons about integrating AI with established supply chain systems. -
How To Improve Life Sciences Operations with Intelligent Automation
Intelligent automation that combines AI-driven decision-making with traditional rules-based processes is reshaping how life sciences organizations approach high-volume, repetitive work.
ISA News
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ISA Automation Summit & Expo 2026 Draws Strong Turnout and Positive Reviews
Join us in Nashville next year for ASE 2027. Reserve 18-19 October on your calendar for two days of fresh ideas, practical insights, and connections that move the industry forward. -
ISA99 Committee Forms New Work Groups
ISA99 is forming work groups to review the effects of AI and supply chain requirements on IACS security. -
EU Cyber Resilience Act: Multiple Routes to Compliance, One Essential Starting Point—Risk Assessment
Although the final versions of the EN 62443 standards have not been released, manufacturers can use existing standards to start preparing to comply with them. -
Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd. Joins ISASecure to Strengthen Adoption of ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standards
The company, which offers consultancy services across the UK and Australia, has officially joined ISASecure®, the globally recognized certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems cybersecurity. -
NineTenths Joins ISASecure to Advance Adoption of ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standards
NineTenths to promote ISA/IEC 62443 to companies in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council to guide them in adopting secure, cutting-edge technologies.
Industry News
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Mouser Stocks Wide Selection of Industrial Automation Solutions from Banner Engineering
Mouser expands its offerings to provide thousands of Banner products that are critical to designing, upfitting, optimizing, and maintaining smart automation facilities. -
Rockwell Automation SecureOT Capabilities Helps OEMs Address Emerging Cybersecurity Regulations
SecureOT capabilities help machine builders identify vulnerabilities, document cybersecurity posture, and support compliance readiness across the machine lifecycle. -
Schneider Electric, NVIDIA, and HPE Collaborate to Accelerate Physical AI for Process Industries
Built on the HPE Private Cloud AI, autonomous AI agents operate directly within industrial environments, continuously monitoring, reasoning, and optimizing operations in real time. -
IFS Survey Shows AI Adoption on the Factory Floor Resulting in 90% Gains in Reliability and Performance
New annual index uncovers a growing execution divide as industrial frontline teams tap operational data to solve critical challenges and achieve cost savings with AI while leadership catches up on governance, AI safety, and scale. -
Physical AI Comes to Building Automation: Self-contained Agentic AI and Simulation Platform Debuts from Honeywell Technologies
Forge Cognition uses NVIDIA and Dell Technologies to deliver AI agents and real-time digital twins that address asset reliability, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort -
Siemens To Digitalize One of Europe’s Largest Renewable Hydrogen Projects
Siemens and Galp Energia collaborate to enhance a renewable hydrogen plant’s operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 110,000 tons of CO₂ per year.
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