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FeatureDigital Twins Go With the Material Flow in High-Throughput Environments
As automation continues to expand across manufacturing and intralogistics, the ability to understand and optimize material flow at a system level becomes increasingly critical and an effective differentiator. -
FeatureISA Fellow Andrew McDonald: Utilizing AI with Organizational Judgment
Andrew McDonald, founder and principal consultant of Future of Manufacturing LLC, has been elevated to ISA Fellow in 2026. -
FeatureWhen Automation Changes the Job, Who Is Still Qualified to Do It?
Plant leaders should be able to answer four questions: What work changed? Who is affected? What evidence demonstrates readiness? What event will trigger another assessment? -
FeatureISA Fellow Sarah Fluchs: Making Cybersecurity Accessible for Engineers
ISA Fellow Sarah Fluchs is bridging the gap between engineering and cybersecurity, making cybersecurity more accessible, proactive and measurable. -
FeatureOutcome First, Technology Second: Smart Manufacturing Insights from a Continuous Process Practitioner
When technology works, why does a pilot or project fail? Here are three clues to better outcomes. -
FeatureRethinking Continuous Process Verification with Advanced Analytics
Companies are evolving from static reports to living models by strengthening their data backbone with advanced analytics and AI platforms. -
FeatureUnderstanding Guided Wave Radar Level Sensors
A practical look at how guided wave radar works, what makes it different from other level technologies, and how to install and apply it successfully. -
FeatureBridging the Gap: Bringing HART Diagnostics to Legacy 4-20mA Systems
For plants weighing modernization against budget and downtime constraints, extracting existing HART data is one of the lowest-disruption steps available. -
FeatureAutomation Does Not Scale Judgment Unless You Transfer the Judgment
Why AI-enabled workflows fail when organizations automate the visible task but leave the human decision logic behind. -
FeatureHow to Implement a Proactive Water Facility Maintenance Plan
Water utilities move from reactive to proactive maintenance using centralized asset data to improve visibility, reduce maintenance and support growth. -
FeatureAsk the Automation Pros: How Can We Enhance Control System Reliability?
In the latest edition of the Ask the Automation Pros column, the pros share strategies for enhancing control system reliability. -
FeatureHow Many Chips Does It Take to Build a Humanoid Robot?
Humanoid robots typically contain between 1,000 and 2,000 semiconductor chips, approximately an order of magnitude higher than the content found in a conventional industrial robot. -
FeatureCan AI Be Trusted in Industrial Automation?
Here's why security assurance and validation must evolve for AI-enabled industrial automation and control systems. -
FeatureHow Unit Level Traceability Can Help MedTech Scale Toward Physical AI
Digital Device History Records (eDHR) are the norm across MedTech manufacturing, but data inconsistency across systems can limit automation. A new framework could address the lack of alignment. -
FeatureHow Adaptive Intelligence Will Redefine Product Design and Manufacturing
As complexity increases and market cycles compress, organizations that succeed will not simply manage information more efficiently. They will build environments that interpret, anticipate and respond. -
FeatureCybersecurity in US Water Systems: Lessons from the Recent Incidents
While compliance asks, “Have we satisfied the requirement?” risk management asks, “Have we meaningfully reduced the likelihood or consequence of a cyber incident?” These rarely produce the same answer. -
FeatureUS Machinery Orders Are Outstripping Shipments. What Happens Next?
The US machinery market is entering a new investment cycle as new orders are once again growing faster than shipments. -
FeatureThe Value of Multivendor Software-Defined Automation
Independent but interoperable automation solutions enhance agility, efficiency, workforce empowerment and more. -
FeatureOpen Process Automation: Open Controllers and Decoupling Field I/O
Bill Lydon discusses the benefits of OPAF’s using existing standards rather than falling into the “we are different” trap and creating new standards. -
FeatureEvolution, State of the Art and Standardization of Virtual PLCs
Let's examine the technological advances, current state of virtual PLCs (vPLCs), challenges faced in industrial automation and standardization efforts.
