Resources for Operations & Management

Automation.com Monthly March 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the March 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly, a publication of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

Automation.com Monthly January/February 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the International Society of Automation’s new digital magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This nine-times-a-year periodical combines ISA's InTech and AUTOMATION 2024 magazines.

2024 Industrial Automation Professional Salary Survey
- White Paper
Automation.com, a subsidiary of International Society of Automation (ISA), surveyed automation professionals from around the world about their 2023-2024 gross salaries.

Whitepaper: Benefits and Challenges of AI in Mining and Metals
- White Paper
Authors from the ISA Mining and Metals Industry Division showcase actual and emerging use cases, related standards and best practices.

InTech Digital Magazine October 2024
- Ebook
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.

White Paper: The 'Logic' of Single Loop Logic Solvers
- White Paper
A Single Loop Logic Solver (or Safety Trip Alarm) monitors a temperature, pressure, level, flow, position or status variable.

White Paper: The Transformative Role of Generative AI in Predictive Maintenance
- White Paper
Discover how Generative AI transforms predictive maintenance in this white paper by Siemens Senseye Predictive Maintenance.

Webinar: Futureproof Portable Gauging and Sampling for Safety and Sustainability
- Webinar
In this webinar, Honeywell will showcase its intrinsically safe HERMetic range of gas-tight portable gauging and sampling equipment.

Webinar: Meeting Midstream Needs in the Energy Transition
- Webinar
In this webinar, experts from Honeywell discuss the challenges facing the midstream sector over the next 5-10 years and demonstrate how Honeywell’s Fusion4 controller portfolio can automate loading racks while minimizing CAPEX investments.

White Paper: Enhancing Efficiency and Safety for Distillation Columns
- White Paper
Dive into the white paper where Moore Industries covers how temperature stratification can impact efficiency and safety within distillation columns and how they must be monitored and mitigated.

2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report
- White Paper
Dragos presents an investigation into the financial impact of cyber incidents involving OT assets and provides important estimation of potential future OT cyber breach losses.

O-PAS Conformant Communication Model for IEC 61499 and IEC 61131 Interoperability
- White Paper
​Preliminary results show that the communication layer based on OPC UA on a 61499 environment successfully enables integration with other standards.

White Paper: Enterprise Automation Index 2025
- White Paper
Redwood Software's report discusses trends, benchmarks and insights into automation an AI readiness.

Reshoring Initiative 2024 Annual Report
- White Paper
The Reshoring Initiative’s Annual Report provides detailed data and analysis on U.S. reshoring by domestic companies and foreign direct investment (FDI) by foreignheadquartered firms shifting production or sourcing to the U.S.

White Paper: Your Career Path in IACS - Technical and Managerial
- White Paper
Four possible career paths in IACS are Technical, Managerial, Sales and Academic. Understanding the career options and the required competencies can help you align your aspirations with your strengths.

Automation.com Monthly May 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the latest issue of the International Society of Automation’s digital magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This is the 10th Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report.

Briefing: AI Risks to Critical Infrastructure
- White Paper
This briefing document provides an analysis of the implications and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the context of critical infrastructure (CI) sectors in the United States, with a particular focus on the energy sector.

Automation.com Monthly April 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the April 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly, a publication of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

White Paper: Measuring the Full Value of Robotic Automation
- White Paper
The white paper highlights the limitations of traditional ROI calculations in capturing the full value of automation systems provided by the world’s top integrators and proposes an updated model.

White Paper: OT Security Insights 2024
- White Paper
A proactive, adaptive approach to OT security is critical to safeguarding against the growing complexity of cyberthreats targeting critical infrastructure systems.