The Importance of Standards to the Smart Manufacturing Vision
If your organization is embracing Smart Manufacturing and working towards Industry 4.0, it should also look closely at existing and evolving industrial standards. In...
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MESA White Paper #58: The Importance of Standards in Smart Manufacturing
The economies of scale obtained through standardization of utilities and transportation infrastructure, and the success of commercial manufacturing equipment...
The ISA 99 Cyber System Security Patch Management Standard Webinar
The ISA 99 committee has finished work on the ISA 62443-2-3 Patch Management Technical Report. This report defines guidance for Patch Management for IACSs (Industrial...
OPC UA ISA-95 Companion Specification Webinar
This webcast about the new OPC UA specification (the OPC Foundation's Unified Architecture communication model) describes an OPC UA Information Model for the ISA-95...
MESA White Paper #41: ISA-95 for the Continuous Process Industries
This whitepaper explains how ISA-95 can be applied in the Continuous Process Industries (CPI).
Understanding PAS 55 and the coming ISO 55000 Standard
Manufacturing professionals have a major impact on the billions of dollars that are spent on the acquisition, care, operation, and disposition of assets. The proposed...
How to apply the ISA-95 Standards to Improve Manufacturing Operations Management
The ISA-95 series of standards defines the interface between control functions and other enterprise functions in terms of models, activities and data flows. The...
MESA White Paper #33: Scheduling Integration Using an ISA-95 Application in a Steel Plant
The integration of a scheduling solution for a steel plant using the ISA-95 standard is described. The application shows one way of benefiting from the already...
MESA White Paper #28: Lifecycle of Service Creation Using ISA-95 Manufacturing Operation Management (MOM)
The white paper details the lifecycle of MOM Service creation using the ISA-95 MOM standard for services oriented architectures (SOA) for manufacturing. It discusses...
ISA88 Application Consideration
ISA88 Application Consideration with downloadable presentation
Using ISA88 - Approaches, Opinions & Caution
Using ISA88 - Approaches, Opinions & Caution
MESA White Paper #26: Related Manufacturing Integration Standards, A Survey
Manufacturing organizations attempting to integrate the plant floor with ERP, supply chain, scheduling, quality, and other systems in their enterprises today have...
MESA White Paper #25: An Overview and Comparison of ISA-95 and OAGIS (Standards for Mfg. Systems Integration, White Paper Series, White Paper #1)
This comparison paper is White Paper #1 of the ISA-95 and OAGIS Manufacturing Integration Standards White Paper Series. White Paper #2: OAGIS, ISA-95 and Related...
MESA White Paper #24: ISA-95-Based Operations and KPI Metrics Assessment and Analysis
ISA-95 Part 2 and Part 3 provide a valuable data definition framework when applying best practices for managing operations and related key performance indicators...
Tips and Tricks to Applying S88
Tips and Tricks to Applying S88