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Design for Automation Starts With the Workforce
A manufacturer’s response to the hiring challenge should have two parts: upskill the workforce you have and partner with education to build the skilled workforce you'll need. -
Are We Over-Automating? How to Decide Where Automation Actually Adds Value
The goal isn’t to automate everything that can be automated. It’s to make deliberate investments that leave the operation safer, more reliable and more productive than it was before. -
Industrial AI Is Ready for More Authority. Operators Will Decide How Much It Gets.
The future of industrial AI hinges as much on operator trust as it does on technical capability. -
Where Industrial AI Is Actually Headed
While consumer AI continues to dominate headlines, Industrial AI is evolving along a very different path, shaped by the realities of operational technology, safety and the unforgiving demands of production. -
Cybersecurity: A Key Factor in Industrial Communication Technology Product Longevity
Manufacturers hoping for equipment longevity need to choose industrial communication technology with cybersecurity in mind. -
Shared Spatial Understanding: The Next Evolution of Industrial Operations
The information teams use to inspect, diagnose and repair industrial machines is flat. Gains in uptime and efficiency will come not from collecting more data, but from giving field and office teams a shared spatial view of the same reality. -
How UX Design Improves Safety in Process Industries
By presenting information clearly and intuitively, a well-designed Distributed Control System User Experience (UX) reduces the likelihood of human error, helps prevent accidents and enhances situational awareness. -
Closing the Gap Between PID Performance and the Bottom Line
A new metric is changing the conversation about the value of control loop performance. -
Transforming Continuous Extrusion with AI-Driven Process Control
For the first time, manufacturers can deploy control systems that don't just execute instructions but understand processes. -
The Manufacturing Skills Gap Starts in the Classroom
According to data from consultancy McKinsey, 87% of businesses report that they are either facing a skills shortage or expect to in the next five years. -
Thin Clients Scale AI, People and Production Sites Via Central Management
To scale for the future, thin clients are the smart move. -
Why Technology Alone Won’t Future-Proof Manufacturing
Leading manufacturers focus on people, processes and technology — in that order. -
The Intersection of IT/OT: From Organizational Friction to Factory Floor Results
While IT and OT must collaborate and integrate each other's respective best practices, they also must accommodate different approaches, objectives and business requirements. -
Quality Is the Glue That Holds Manufacturing Operations Together
Moving quality beyond enforcement and into daily operations helps teams surface problems sooner and improve performance across the manufacturing system. -
Automation, Trust and Technical Leadership in Complex Systems
The automation professional has become an architect of operational trust. -
What Does a Chiller Skid Have to Do With a $10 Billion Data Center?
Cooling OEMs answer that question with a PLC, not an IT department. If you are a controls engineer or an OEM product architect evaluating your platform for data center work, here are the questions you should ask. -
Industrial IoT & Digital Transformation: June 2026 Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of the International Society of Automation’s online magazine, Automation.com Monthly. June 2026 covers... -
From the Editor: Eight AI Trends Reshaping Industrial Operations in 2026
AI is no longer an emerging experiment in industrial environments — it is now a foundational capability driving efficiency, resilience and enterprise-wide transformation. -
Topical Roundup: June 2026
Learn about the latest AI agent, ISA/IEC 62443 certification pathways, the history of digital twin and more. -
Manufacturing Competitiveness Necessitates Understanding Automation Possibilities, and Industry Events Offer Learning Opportunities
Successful manufacturing companies understand the importance of their people attending industry trade events and symposiums to facilitate learning about the latest manufacturing and industrial automation concepts, techniques and products available.
