Most manufacturing environments are federated systems. In manufacturing, the term federation describes a collection of devices and software from multiple vendors that must work together to support ...

First published in 2000. As told by Chris Monchinski, 2019–20 Vice President, ISA Standards & Practices Department. ISA-95 from its inception sought to solve an important issue in our industry: ...

The ISA-95 standard itself is no secret. However, a hush-hush aura still surrounds most discussions of its benefits. “No names, please,” its users often request when asked to speak on the record about ...