The International Society of Automation's Top Blog Posts of 2024

Summary

In June 2024, six months ago, we took a look at the top-performing blog posts of the year on ISA Interchange so far, and we found some intriguing insights. Now, as we reach the end of the year, we're back with a final tally. We're always looking to bring you information on topics you find the most useful—if you have any suggestions for future blog posts, we welcome your comments. 

We would also like to invite you to contribute your own articles to the blog. We consider submissions on a rolling basis. Contributing to the ISA Interchange blog can be a great way to build your reputation as a thought leader. If you'd like to share your knowledge of the automation profession in 2025, we would be excited to read your work.

Here are the top 20 overall highest performing blog posts of 2024 on ISA Interchange. Will your article make it to a list like this in 2025?

20. How Much Does Rework/Repair Really Cost? (Grant Vokey, published May 21, 2024)

19. How to Validate Your Knowledge of the ISA-95/IEC 62264 Standards Framework (published Sept. 3, 2024)

18. Achieving the Best Cascade Control (Greg McMillan for "Ask the Automation Pros," published Dec. 6, 2024)

17. Intelligent Automation: Overcoming Challenges for Seamless Implementation (Amol Kakade, published Feb. 20, 2024)

16. ISA Landmark Turnaround Fuels Future Growth (ISA President Prabhu Soundarrajan, published Oct. 8, 2024)

15. An Interview with Béla Lipták, Author of "Controlling the Future: Preventing Climate and Other Disasters" (published Feb. 8, 2024)

13 (tie). AI in Oil: Unleashing a New Era of Efficiency and Innovation (Emily Newton, published Jan. 19, 2024)

13 (tie). 2024 Will Be a Remarkable Year for Automation Led by ISA (ISA President Prabhu Soundarrajan, published Jan. 30, 2024)

12.  When Are We Modernizing Control Systems? (Greg McMillan for "Ask the Automation Pros," published Jan. 22, 2024)

11. ISA Technical Content Available at Pub Hub (published June 14, 2024)

10. Social Learning in the Automation Profession: 7 Benefits You Can't Ignore (published Aug. 16, 2024)

9. Meet ISA's 2024 Executive Board Members, Part 1 (published Aug. 2, 2024)

8. ISA Business Academy: A Mini-MBA for Automation Industry Leaders (published March 11, 2024)

7. Sustainability, Automation and Cybersecurity: Partners to Drive Growth and Governance (ISA President Prabhu Soundarrajan, published July 9, 2024)

6. Understanding Data Mesh and the Modern Smart Factory (Sukanta Kumar Rout, published Jan. 3, 2024)

5. Key Takeaways from My Year as ISA President (ISA Past President Marty Bince, published Jan. 12, 2024)

4. Symptom vs. Cause vs. Root Cause (Grant Vokey, published Feb. 6, 2024)

3. Taking a Look at the Virtual PLC Technology Stack (Daniel O'Duffy, published Sept. 24, 2024)

2. How Can We Improve or Eliminate Split Range Control? (Greg McMillan for "Ask the Automation Pros," published March 5, 2024)

1. Getting to Know Mimo^SM, ISA's Large Language Model Trained on ISA Content (published July 26, 2024)

_{This article oringally appeared on ISA Interchange.}