Message From the CEO September 26, 2025 | Articles, Association News By Adrienne Meyer Even though the months from September through November in industrial automation are extremely busy, August was already a full “preseason”! Over the past month, I’ve had the
How Fault Learning and Digital Twins Are Revolutionizing Data Validation September 26, 2025 | Articles, Sponsored By John Oskin Data validation is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of manufacturing data collection. Accurate validation ensures that production data is reliable, actionable, and capable of driving meaningful process
Risky Business not to Challenge “Standard Language” September 26, 2025 | Articles By Janeia Brounson On the surface, contracts all look alike. Once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, or so it seems. You have your introductory paragraph, your terms and
Beyond the Hype: Making AI Work in Industrial Automation September 26, 2025 | Articles, Sponsored By Marc Taccolini When GPT-5 scored 73 out of 80 on the same logical reasoning test I’ve used to evaluate thousands of programmers over 30 years — matching only the
How a Professional Employer Organization Can Benefit Your Business September 26, 2025 | Articles, Sponsored Unlike the types of HR outsourcing companies that provide only one or two specific services, a professional employer organization (PEO) can handle much of your business’s administrative HR tasks. In
New IRS Guidance on Accounting for R&D Tax Credits Under OBBB September 26, 2025 | Articles By Brian Coddington Revenue Procedure 2025-28, released August 28, 2025, outlines updated procedures for accounting method changes and elections related to domestic specified research or experimental (SRE) expenditures under the
Insurance Certificates: Why so much Aggravation? September 26, 2025 | Articles By Jeff Forbes The certificate of insurance is one of the most misunderstood documents in business. Originally meant to serve as evidence that insurance was in place, owners and general
Message From the CEO August 18, 2025 | Articles, Association News By Adrienne Meyer I’m thrilled to be writing my first post to the membership! As I am drafting this, Jose Rivera (the former CEO) is on his third consecutive RAGBRAI,
Connecting OT through a Data Diode August 15, 2025 | Articles, Sponsored By Xavier Mesrobian The best way to ensure complete data isolation for a networked OT system is with a data diode. You can send data out and nothing gets in. Not
Time, Money, and the Fine Print: Making Sense of Force Majeure August 15, 2025 | Articles By Janeia Brounson If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected — whether it’s a pandemic, a labor strike, or extreme weather shutting down
