Standard for distributed workflow system integration.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has issued a call for participants to join the new ISA113 Standard Committee, a strategic initiative focused on defining a specification for integrating distributed workflow systems across multiple vendor platforms.*

The ISA113 Standard Committee is being formed to address a growing need for improved interoperability across workflow systems used in industrial organisations. Many teams face a significant burden from bespoke, one-off integration projects required to connect workflow systems. ISA113 aims to create a standard that bridges workflow styles, decouples workflow logic from where work happens, establishes action-based integration for operational technology (OT)/IT workflows and builds a foundation for multi-system orchestration.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is to publish the official call for ISA113 committee members today (20 March 2026)

. The call for interested parties will remain open for 30 days following this publication date. Individuals with relevant expertise and interest in contributing to this effort are encouraged to participate.

One particular area of emphasis for the committee’s work will be enabling interoperability between orchestrated workflows and choreographed workflows. Orchestrated workflows, such as ISA-88-style hierarchical procedures and phases, are widely used in industrial automation and batch control environments. Choreographed workflows, which are common in Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), manufacturing execution systems (MES) and broader business process environments, support more distributed and event-driven process coordination. As organisations undergo digital transformation, they increasingly rely on both styles, and the need for seamless integration between them has become more urgent.

“The goal of initiating the ISA113 Standard Committee is to help bridge OT/IT workflow styles,” said Steve Ferguson (right), managing director of standards and technical activities at ISA. “This work has the potential to help organisations improve efficiency, reduce integration risk and support more scalable digital transformation initiatives. A vendor-neutral standard can also foster greater collaboration across suppliers, end users, integrators and software providers.”

ISA welcomes participation from end users, automation suppliers, software vendors, system integrators, consultants and other stakeholders with expertise in workflow systems, industrial automation, MES, BPMN and standards development. Broad representation will be essential to ensuring the resulting standard reflects diverse industry needs and delivers practical value.

Those interested in helping shape the future of distributed workflow interoperability are encouraged to respond during the 30-day ANSI call period.

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* For additional information or to express interest, contact standards@isa.org.

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Robotics to enhance workflow for designers and programmers.

A powerful PC environment for today's smart production.

The shift toward automated assembly lines and integrated system solutions in industrial environments continues to drive demand for both standardisation and customisation. Machine and system builders face the challenge of maintaining efficiency while accommodating unique conditions and legacy structures at customer sites. Stäubli Robotics Suite 2025 addresses these issues directly with features to speed up efficiency at every stage of robotics projects, enabling manufacturers to refine automation processes with greater precision and flexibility.

The latest enhancements optimise robot programming at every stage – from design and simulation to debugging, production, and optimisation. Users will experience greater efficiency with fewer clicks and faster access to key functions, while new tools support customisation for specific customer applications. Stäubli Robotics Suite 2025 also supports collaboration, making robot programming even easier and more intuitive.

First among the new features is an embedded record analyzer designed to enhance both the performance and longevity of robots. By optimising cycle times while ensuring operations remain within recommended specifications, this tool helps maximise efficiency without compromising reliability. Detailed axis-by-axis analysis enables users to monitor wear patterns and make proactive maintenance decisions, thus extending the lifespan of their robots.

The embedded record analyzer runs directly within Stäubli Robotics Suite, offering seamless integration for improved workflow, allowing users to access critical performance insights without navigating between platforms.

The new software version also features VAL Blocks Designer, a powerful tool that extends the capabilities of VAL Blocks by integrating the advanced VAL3 language. With enhanced customization options, users can create custom function blocks tailored to the specific requirements of the application, ensuring greater flexibility in automation. VAL Blocks Designer also provides complete control over block interface design, enabling optimised configuration for seamless operation.

Additionally, users can personalise blocks to align with their brand identity, incorporating unique colors, icons, and images for a more intuitive and visually cohesive programming experience. These expanded capabilities make robot programming more adaptable while preserving the intuitive, no-code approach of VAL Blocks.

The new version of Stäubli Robotics Suite also introduces 3D Record Viewer, a convenient tool that produces lightweight 3D recordings optimised for easy sharing. These files can be effortlessly shared via email, allowing other users to access and review robot operations without having to install Stäubli Robotics Suite or any additional software. By simplifying file exchange and visualisation, 3D Record Viewer enhances accessibility and streamlines collaboration.

Stäubli Robotics Suite 2025 is officially supported on Windows 11, ensuring seamless compatibility with the latest operating system and technology advancements. Users will experience optimised performance, enhanced stability, and full integration with Windows 11 features.

With its latest advancements, the 2025 version of Stäubli Robotics Suite delivers a more efficient and flexible programming experience. By integrating powerful new tools while maintaining high user-friendliness, the software empowers users to easily optimise workflows, enhance robot performance, and seamlessly adapt to complex automation requirements.

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Complete visual code analysis workflows.

The latest release of TrustInSoft Analyzer (TISA), featuring major enhancements to the TISA Project Manager GUI and the introduction of a new REST API for software development tool integration has been announced.

“We’ve listened to our customers—especially those working on safety- and security-critical code—and this release addresses the most requested capability: a full visual workflow that matches the power of our command-line tools,” said Caroline Guillaume, CEO of TrustInSoft. “Whether you're an embedded systems developer or security analyst, the April release removes friction and increases confidence in every analysis cycle.”

Highlights of this Release:
Redesigned TISA Project Manager GUI
Users can now create and manage TrustInSoft analysis projects entirely from the GUI. New capabilities include:

• Guided workflows for setting up projects and individual analyses
• Customizable campaign parameters directly in the interface
• Generation of flexible analysis drivers
• Visual inspection of both individual and aggregated results
• Built-in code coverage reporting

 REST API for Automation and Integration
The new REST API allows teams to automate retrieval of analysis results and integrate TrustInSoft Analyzer with IDEs. The API supports statement mappings, alarm locations, evaluation data, and code coverage metrics in structured JSON format.

"This release reinforces TrustInSoft’s mission to deliver mathematically guaranteed software safety and reliability with minimal operational overhead."

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Delivering scalable recipe authoring and execution technologies for life sciences companies.

DeltaV™ Workflow Management, a next-generation software designed for life sciences companies in early-stage development has been introduced by Emerson. The new software continues Emerson’s expansion of capabilities of the evolving DeltaV automation platform to offer more scalable options to suit the needs of smaller life sciences innovators. For companies with limited IT infrastructure, DeltaV Workflow Management provides a cloud-based, software-as-a-service solution for simple recipe authoring, execution and electronic data capture.

In high-growth life sciences companies, such as those making advanced therapy medicinal products for hard-to-treat diseases and personalised medicines, manufacturing facilities still heavily rely on manual processes and record-keeping for bench-scale operations and recipe authoring. Many do not have robust IT departments, nor staff experienced in the complex coding necessary with traditional manufacturing execution systems.

The software removes this layer of complexity by transitioning recipe workflow data from manual records to digital ‘paper on glass’, providing a simple and scalable solution that helps accelerate the drug development process with no coding experience required. The software also generates searchable digital records that are easily organised and exported, and data that can be more easily analysed and reported. In addition, this digital shift minimises the contamination risks associated with paper records in sterile clean rooms.

“DeltaV Workflow Management enables innovation for both start-ups and established labs that demand speed and simplicity in early-stage drug development,” said Nathan Pettus, president of Emerson’s process systems and solutions business. “Recipes relying on standard, full-blown manufacturing execution systems can take years of experience and months to create and fully automate. With this new software, the timeline is reduced to days, providing companies with a head start toward commercialisation and getting new therapeutic medicines into the pipeline faster.”

Within DeltaV Workflow Management, users employ simple drag-and-drop elements to create steps for a recipe and automate workflows that meet Good Manufacturing Practice standards. Within those steps, they can add new parameters and e-signature requirements for quality control and regulatory compliance, run product recipes, authorise users for specific tasks and create digital batch records.

DeltaV Workflow Management expands and complements the user options for digital recipe development and execution already provided by Emerson’s DeltaV MES – the newest evolution of the Syncade MES. Users now have additional flexibility to match digital recipe solutions to their business needs, underscoring Emerson’s commitment to continuing enhancement of and investment in a portfolio of manufacturing execution solutions for organisations at any scale.

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Precision to proteomics workflows.

A further expansion of Tecan's portfolio for specialist applications with the upcoming launch of Resolvex® i300 and its antibody purification columns, AffinEx™ Protein A Capture has been announced. The products deliver new levels of efficiency and precision to proteomics workflows, including biomarker discovery, drug development and personalized medicine research.

Proteomics laboratories have long struggled with tedious sample preparation, as well as the need to process large numbers of samples quickly and efficiently while minimizing the risk of cross-contamination.

The Resolvex i300, scheduled for launch in H1 2024, is a positive pressure module for solid phase extraction (SPE) and filtration, specifically designed to address all these challenges. Integrated into the Fluent® Automation Workstation, it enables the automation of every step of the sample purification process, including clean-up, evaporation and resuspension. This ensures the integrity and consistency of each sample while the instrument’s unique droplet-protection feature reduces the risk of cross-contamination during labware handling. Designed for use in various fields – including proteomics, genomics and analytical chemistry – the Resolvex i300 can easily be changed between 24- and 96-well labware formats and is particularly useful for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based applications.

Another exciting addition to Tecan’s portfolio for proteomics is the AffinEx™ Protein A Capture column. This novel antibody purification sorbent is stable, wet or dry, at room temperature, which significantly extends its shelf life and also reduces shipping costs. Available in a Narrow Bore Extraction™ (NBE™) format, AffinEx columns are ideally suited for use with the Resolvex i300, though they can be used with other automation platforms. The columns are specifically tailored to the biopharma industry and promise unparalleled efficiency for the isolation and purification of monoclonal antibodies.

Luca Valeggia, Senior Vice President of Lab Automation at Tecan, said: “Tecan has established a strong reputation in automating proteomics workflows. Resolvex i300 and AffinEx Protein A Capture are exciting additions to our portfolio, enabling us to address a broad range of customer needs, from low- to high-throughput, in both research and clinical settings. As demand for this challenging application grows, we are committed to continuous innovation that supports our customers in their efforts to understand the mechanisms of disease and develop reliable diagnostics and treatments for patients.”

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Software for 3D Data Exchange.

The current version of the conversion software “3D Evolution 4.0 SP2” makes it possible for the first time to automatically take over material specifications during the JT data exchange.

The SP2 version of the universal converter “3D Evolution 4.0” from Core Technologie offers innovative optimisation of the workflow during data exchange: When generating JT/PLMXML files the complete material specification is now automatically taken over. 3D Evolution is a conversion software for multi-CAD environments that enables a loss free data exchange for all major systems and formats, such as Siemens Nx, Catia, Solidworks, Inventor and Creo as well as Parasolid, Acis and STEP.

The latest version of the innovative conversion software is a huge timesaver for users especially in case of large assemblies with several hundred components and different materials.

The current material table in the supplier portal is used as a text file template for the conversion process. Especially users of CATIA V5 will benefit from the new function: During data generation by using “DC Master”, the current material specifications are fully automatically written into the JT files during conversion.

The converter “3D Evolution” is certified for JT data exchange by the Daimler AG as well as the “Verband der Automobilindustriee.V.” (German Association of the Automotive Industry) for the standard 4955/2. This innovative software is successfully used by about 500 companies worldwide for the data exchange between all common CAX systems.

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Workflow management!

Invensys has released its ArchestrA Workflow 2012 R2 software, the latest version of its workflow management solution for the global industrial enterprise. The latest version adds technology support for Microsoft Windows 8 tablets; VMware’s vSphere virtualisation environment; push notifications to the Work Tasks mobile app; enhanced work form functionality; and improved support for standardised workflows.

Product overview:

ArchestrA Workflow from Invensys helps

plant personnel execute & track

 manual and automated work tasks.

ArchestrA Workflow software is an advanced workflow management solution that helps industrial companies better execute and track work processes involving both manual and automated work tasks. With broad connectivity to plant floor and corporate systems, ArchestrA Workflow can model, execute, analyse and improve any workflow process. ArchestrA Workflow software can also be integrated with a wide range of plant automation and other plant systems so workers can participate in a workflow using the industrial applications they are familiar with, enhancing collaboration and reducing training and implementation costs.

Key capabilities:
• Enforces best practices and standard operating procedures;
• Supports regulatory compliance and audits;
• Helps ensure the correct response to abnormal events, minimizing the impact to operations;
• Tracks workflow execution performance for later analysis and optimization efforts;
• Links to the latest mobile devices from Microsoft and Apple;
• Broad connectivity to plant automation, manufacturing execution and other plant/business systems.

Brand produces Red Herring!

Invensys Operations Management has announced that its Skelta™ software offerings have won the Red Herring 100 Global award, a prestigious recognition honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from across North America, Europe and Asia.

Skelta, a brand offering of Invensys Operations Management, provides business process management (BPM) and advanced workflow solutions. Its flagship Skelta BPM software empowers teams of people by linking them with work processes and systems to achieve specific business goals. The software allows users to create new BPM-enabled applications using powerful features such as an embeddable, web-based process designer; forms designer; process monitoring and optimisation capabilities; multi-tenancy; multiple communication channels; and strong integration with Microsoft technologies. In addition, the software offers online access to the operating environment, thus enabling a SaaS or cloud version that reduces barriers to access and use.

“Choosing the best out of the previous three years was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, chairman, Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed down our list from 1,200 potential companies to 200 finalists. Trying to get it down to 100 companies was a task upon itself. The Invensys Skelta team should be extremely proud of its achievement because the competition was difficult.”

The Red Herring Global 100 list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Its editorial staff evaluated the entrants on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration. This assessment is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers.

“Being recognised as a winner of this year's Red Herring Global 100 Award endorses our culture of continuous innovation, and perfectly complements the recent launched of our new Skelta BPM 2011 software,” said Vinay Moorthy, vice president, Invensys Operations Management. “Our software provides a unique, agile and scalable platform for enterprise-wide collaboration, while at the same time leveraging existing systems to achieve operational excellence and great ROI. The latest version has many new productivity features, including the ability to collaborate from within web-based forms, extending advanced BPM functionality to Microsoft SharePoint 2010; document management enhancements; customisable user-friendly business dashboards and web parts; and support for custom controls. Because of its embeddable capabilities and ability provide visibility into end-to-end business processes, we believe our Skelta BPM 2011 software will bring a radical change in the way mission-critical enterprises collaborate. We are extremely honored to have been recognised as the winner of the coveted Red Herring Global 100 award."