Welcome to the latest issue of the International Society of Automation’s online magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This May 2026 issue marks the 11th annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends publication.
Automation.com Monthly online magazine expands ISA’s mission of empowering the global automation community through standards and knowledge-sharing. It combines technical content from ISA's subject matter experts with insights and extras from the global automation community.
Some of the trends in this issue include Industry 5.0 enabling the digital journey of enterprise-wide intelligence; the Industrial Orchestration Layer empowering shop floor intelligence; manufacturing's AI moment and the empowered workforce; how data maturity brings industrial AI agents within reach; unattended machining; and more.
The magazine content is just a click away. Register once, log in to "My ISA Account," and access is free. To see the next article in this issue, click on the Read Next Article button at the bottom of the page. To get back to the table of contents for the issue, click on the orange M in the side rail. Use the orange M whenever you want to see the latest issue. To see past issues of the online magazine, bookmark the archive page or scroll to the bottom of the Automation.com home page and click on the Magazine tile.
A message about our sponsors
ISA’s mission and Automation.com are supported by advertisers and sponsors. They contribute technical articles, case histories and other resources designed to educate, inform and inspire automation professionals. Articles from advertisers are identified with a “Sponsored” tag. To obtain further information from any of the advertisers in this issue, contact them directly using the information found in their ad or author bio.
