Mastering ISA-95 Integration for Industrial Automation Leadership
You’re leading automation efforts in a plant, facility, or global operations network - and pressure is mounting. Your leadership expects seamless integration between enterprise systems and shop floor control. But the reality? Disconnected data, misaligned teams, and costly implementation delays. You know ISA-95 holds the answer, but without clear structure and practical implementation frameworks, it’s easy to get lost in theory while your projects stall. Initiatives stall not because engineers lack skill, but because they lack a unified language, a repeatable roadmap, and strategic alignment with business goals. Without this, even brilliant technical minds struggle to gain executive buy-in or deliver measurable ROI. You're not just managing systems - you're leading change in complex, high-stakes environments where ambiguity is costly. That ends now. The Mastering ISA-95 Integration for Industrial Automation Leadership course is the missing bridge from fragmented efforts to board-level recognition. It’s designed for senior engineers, automation architects, and digital transformation leads who must turn standards into strategy, integrate systems with precision, and lead with confidence across OT and IT boundaries. This course delivers a step-by-step blueprint to go from concept to fully scoped, organisation-approved ISA-95 integration project within 30 days - complete with a ready-to-present business case, architecture model, and implementation plan tailored to your environment. One recent participant, Maria K., Principal Automation Architect at a Tier 1 automotive supplier, used the methodology to align MES, ERP, and SCADA systems across three plants. Within four weeks of completing the course, she secured executive sponsorship and launched a company-wide integration roadmap - reducing interfacing costs by 40% in the first phase. No more guesswork. No more stalled proposals. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details This is a self-paced, on-demand learning experience with immediate online access. You control when and where you learn, with no fixed start dates or time commitments. Most learners complete the core modules in 12–15 hours, with many reporting actionable insights within the first 48 hours of enrollment. Immediate and Lifetime Access
Upon enrollment, you gain permanent access to all course materials. This includes future updates and enhancements at no additional cost. The content evolves with industry standards, ensuring your knowledge remains current for years to come. - Lifetime access to all modules, tools, and templates
- Ongoing content updates reflecting changes in ISA-95 norms and integration practices
- No expiration, no subscriptions, no recurring fees
Designed for Global Industrial Leaders
The platform is mobile-friendly and accessible 24/7 from any device, whether you’re reviewing integration models from your office, plant floor, or during international travel. The layout adapts seamlessly across smartphones, tablets, and desktops. - Access from any location, at any time
- Optimised for secure industrial networks and restricted environments
- Downloadable resources for offline reference
Direct Instructor Guidance Included
You’re not alone. This course includes direct access to our team of ISA-95 practitioners - former automation directors and integration architects with 20+ years of field experience. Submit questions through the learning portal and receive detailed, personalised responses within 48 business hours. - Industry expert feedback on your integration designs
- Clarification on complex modelling scenarios
- Guidance on navigating organisational alignment challenges
Certificate of Completion – Recognised Across Industries
Upon finishing the course and successfully submitting your capstone project, you will receive a formal Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service. This credential is recognised by engineering teams, consulting firms, and operations leaders globally. - Verifiable digital certificate with unique ID
- Includes designation: “Certified ISA-95 Integration Practitioner”
- Shareable on LinkedIn, resumes, and internal promotion dossiers
Zero-Risk Enrollment – 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
We guarantee your satisfaction. If you complete the first two modules and find the course does not meet your expectations, you may request a full refund - no questions asked, no time wasted. This is our commitment to delivering only what works. - Full refund available within 30 days
- Even if you keep all materials and the certificate
- No penalty, no hassle, no residual charges
Simple, Transparent Pricing – No Hidden Fees
The listed price includes everything. There are no add-ons, hidden charges, or premium tiers. You get full access, certification, templates, and support - all for one straightforward investment. Secure payment is accepted via Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. All transactions are encrypted and processed through PCI-compliant gateways. Confirmation and Access Workflow
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email acknowledging your registration. Your official access details, including login instructions and course entry URL, will be sent separately once your learner profile is fully provisioned. This allows us to ensure data integrity and system compatibility before you begin. “Will This Work for Me?” – Addressing the Real Objections
You might be thinking: “I’ve read the ISA-95 standards before. Why will this be different?” Because this is not theory. It’s a battle-tested implementation framework distilled from over 60 industrial case studies across pharmaceuticals, discrete manufacturing, chemicals, and energy. This works even if: you’ve never led an ISA-95 initiative, your organisation resists standardisation, resources are limited, or you’re working across mixed-vendor environments with legacy SCADA and ERP systems. Participants consistently report improved clarity in cross-functional meetings, stronger project justification, and faster decision cycles - outcomes measured in stakeholder confidence, not just technical proficiency. With structured tools, industry-aligned templates, and real-world decision logic, you gain more than knowledge - you gain influence.
Module 1: Foundations of ISA-95 and the Business Case for Integration - History and evolution of the ISA-95 standard
- Overview of Parts 1–6 of the ISA-95 framework
- Understanding the enterprise-control hierarchy
- Bridging the IT/OT divide in industrial environments
- Why integration fails without standardisation
- Quantifying the cost of data silos in operations
- Building a compelling business case for ISA-95 adoption
- Mapping integration benefits to KPIs: OEE, Downtime, Throughput
- Engaging executive leadership with measurable ROI
- Identifying quick wins to demonstrate early value
- Aligning ISA-95 with digital transformation roadmaps
- Introducing the integration maturity model
- Assessing organisational readiness for ISA-95
- Common misconceptions about ISA-95 implementation
- Role of ISA-95 in Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing
- Integration as a strategic capability, not just a technical task
Module 2: Core ISA-95 Models – Objects, Attributes, and Hierarchies - Overview of the ISA-95 object model structure
- Defining equipment hierarchies: Levels 0 to 4
- Equipment capability vs. capacity modelling
- Understanding physical and logical equipment structures
- Modelling personnel and responsibilities in operations
- Role-based access and workforce scheduling integration
- Material definitions and material classes
- Batch, lot, and serialised material tracking
- Material specification and compliance attributes
- Operations segments and process segment types
- Routing and production recipe models
- Production scheduling inputs and outputs
- Linking operations to resources and constraints
- Data exchange requirements between levels
- Attributes for operational performance monitoring
- Mapping control system data to enterprise attributes
Module 3: Functional Hierarchy and Activity Models - Understanding the five-level functional hierarchy
- Defining Level 3: Manufacturing Operations Management
- Role of MES in the ISA-95 framework
- Distinction between production, quality, maintenance, and inventory operations
- Activity models for production operations
- Activity models for quality control and lab systems
- Activity models for maintenance and asset management
- Activity models for material movement and inventory
- Linking maintenance activities to work orders
- Integrating quality results with production records
- Modeling exceptions and deviations
- Handling rework, scrap, and non-conformance
- Integrating batch processes with continuous operations
- Time-based vs. event-driven activity triggers
- Synchronising production schedules with real-time execution
- Dynamic sequencing based on equipment availability
Module 4: Data Flow Models and Interfacing Specifications - Understanding internal and external functional requirements
- Defining canonical data models for interoperability
- Key data exchanges between ERP and MES
- Production schedule distribution to shop floor
- Work order creation and release from ERP
- Material availability checks and reservations
- Sending production acknowledgements and confirmations
- Reporting actual material consumption
- Transferring labour and resource utilisation data
- Quality results reporting to enterprise systems
- Maintenance event notifications to EAM
- Integrating time and attendance with payroll systems
- Modeling exception messages and error handling
- Designing fault-tolerant data exchange patterns
- Defining message structure, frequency, and volume
- Creating interface specifications for vendors and integrators
Module 5: Integration Architecture Patterns and System Design - Centralised, decentralised, and hybrid integration models
- Role of middleware and integration platforms (ESB, iPaaS)
- Message queuing and publish-subscribe patterns
- RESTful API design for manufacturing systems
- Using OPC UA for secure, standardised data access
- Mapping ISA-95 objects to OPC UA information models
- Designing stateless vs. stateful integration services
- Event-driven architecture for real-time responsiveness
- Caching strategies for high-availability systems
- Security model considerations: authentication, authorisation, encryption
- Role-based access control in integration layers
- Designing for audit trails and data integrity
- Versioning and backward compatibility
- Failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning
- Testing integration points under load
- Designing for future scalability and vendor flexibility
Module 6: Mapping and Modelling Techniques for Real Plants - Conducting a plant-wide asset inventory
- Classifying equipment by function and integration need
- Developing a standard naming convention for all levels
- Creating a logical equipment hierarchy template
- Modelling multi-site operations and global replication
- Handling product changeovers and flexible lines
- Designing material flow models for discrete assembly
- Modelling bulk and batch processing environments
- Integrating packaging lines and co-packing operations
- Mapping quality inspection points to production stages
- Linking rework loops and offline testing
- Modelling shared resources across product families
- Handling vendor-owned or leased equipment
- Documenting legacy SCADA and PLC integration points
- Defining digital twin requirements from ISA-95 data
- Using templates to accelerate future rollouts
Module 7: Building a Standard Integration Framework - Developing a master integration blueprint
- Creating reusable interface patterns
- Standardising data formats and units of measure
- Defining global error codes and message taxonomy
- Establishing naming and numbering conventions
- Documenting assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Version control for integration design artefacts
- Creating a central integration repository
- Using configuration management for consistency
- Implementing change control processes
- Onboarding new plants using the standard framework
- Training teams on integration standards
- Conducting peer reviews of integration designs
- Aligning with corporate IT architecture governance
- Building a business reference model for reuse
- Creating a roadmap for phased framework adoption
Module 8: Change Management and Cross-Functional Alignment - Understanding organisational resistance to integration
- Identifying key stakeholders: OT, IT, Engineering, Operations
- Creating a RACI matrix for integration projects
- Facilitating cross-departmental workshops
- Communicating technical vision to non-technical leaders
- Translating integration benefits into business language
- Managing expectations across global teams
- Running integration pilots with clear success criteria
- Gathering feedback from operators and floor supervisors
- Integrating operator input into system design
- Training approaches for user adoption
- Developing standard operating procedures for data use
- Creating support models for post-launch phases
- Establishing continuous improvement loops
- Measuring change success with defined metrics
- Scaling successful pilots across the enterprise
Module 9: Implementation Project Management - Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- History and evolution of the ISA-95 standard
- Overview of Parts 1–6 of the ISA-95 framework
- Understanding the enterprise-control hierarchy
- Bridging the IT/OT divide in industrial environments
- Why integration fails without standardisation
- Quantifying the cost of data silos in operations
- Building a compelling business case for ISA-95 adoption
- Mapping integration benefits to KPIs: OEE, Downtime, Throughput
- Engaging executive leadership with measurable ROI
- Identifying quick wins to demonstrate early value
- Aligning ISA-95 with digital transformation roadmaps
- Introducing the integration maturity model
- Assessing organisational readiness for ISA-95
- Common misconceptions about ISA-95 implementation
- Role of ISA-95 in Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing
- Integration as a strategic capability, not just a technical task
Module 2: Core ISA-95 Models – Objects, Attributes, and Hierarchies - Overview of the ISA-95 object model structure
- Defining equipment hierarchies: Levels 0 to 4
- Equipment capability vs. capacity modelling
- Understanding physical and logical equipment structures
- Modelling personnel and responsibilities in operations
- Role-based access and workforce scheduling integration
- Material definitions and material classes
- Batch, lot, and serialised material tracking
- Material specification and compliance attributes
- Operations segments and process segment types
- Routing and production recipe models
- Production scheduling inputs and outputs
- Linking operations to resources and constraints
- Data exchange requirements between levels
- Attributes for operational performance monitoring
- Mapping control system data to enterprise attributes
Module 3: Functional Hierarchy and Activity Models - Understanding the five-level functional hierarchy
- Defining Level 3: Manufacturing Operations Management
- Role of MES in the ISA-95 framework
- Distinction between production, quality, maintenance, and inventory operations
- Activity models for production operations
- Activity models for quality control and lab systems
- Activity models for maintenance and asset management
- Activity models for material movement and inventory
- Linking maintenance activities to work orders
- Integrating quality results with production records
- Modeling exceptions and deviations
- Handling rework, scrap, and non-conformance
- Integrating batch processes with continuous operations
- Time-based vs. event-driven activity triggers
- Synchronising production schedules with real-time execution
- Dynamic sequencing based on equipment availability
Module 4: Data Flow Models and Interfacing Specifications - Understanding internal and external functional requirements
- Defining canonical data models for interoperability
- Key data exchanges between ERP and MES
- Production schedule distribution to shop floor
- Work order creation and release from ERP
- Material availability checks and reservations
- Sending production acknowledgements and confirmations
- Reporting actual material consumption
- Transferring labour and resource utilisation data
- Quality results reporting to enterprise systems
- Maintenance event notifications to EAM
- Integrating time and attendance with payroll systems
- Modeling exception messages and error handling
- Designing fault-tolerant data exchange patterns
- Defining message structure, frequency, and volume
- Creating interface specifications for vendors and integrators
Module 5: Integration Architecture Patterns and System Design - Centralised, decentralised, and hybrid integration models
- Role of middleware and integration platforms (ESB, iPaaS)
- Message queuing and publish-subscribe patterns
- RESTful API design for manufacturing systems
- Using OPC UA for secure, standardised data access
- Mapping ISA-95 objects to OPC UA information models
- Designing stateless vs. stateful integration services
- Event-driven architecture for real-time responsiveness
- Caching strategies for high-availability systems
- Security model considerations: authentication, authorisation, encryption
- Role-based access control in integration layers
- Designing for audit trails and data integrity
- Versioning and backward compatibility
- Failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning
- Testing integration points under load
- Designing for future scalability and vendor flexibility
Module 6: Mapping and Modelling Techniques for Real Plants - Conducting a plant-wide asset inventory
- Classifying equipment by function and integration need
- Developing a standard naming convention for all levels
- Creating a logical equipment hierarchy template
- Modelling multi-site operations and global replication
- Handling product changeovers and flexible lines
- Designing material flow models for discrete assembly
- Modelling bulk and batch processing environments
- Integrating packaging lines and co-packing operations
- Mapping quality inspection points to production stages
- Linking rework loops and offline testing
- Modelling shared resources across product families
- Handling vendor-owned or leased equipment
- Documenting legacy SCADA and PLC integration points
- Defining digital twin requirements from ISA-95 data
- Using templates to accelerate future rollouts
Module 7: Building a Standard Integration Framework - Developing a master integration blueprint
- Creating reusable interface patterns
- Standardising data formats and units of measure
- Defining global error codes and message taxonomy
- Establishing naming and numbering conventions
- Documenting assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Version control for integration design artefacts
- Creating a central integration repository
- Using configuration management for consistency
- Implementing change control processes
- Onboarding new plants using the standard framework
- Training teams on integration standards
- Conducting peer reviews of integration designs
- Aligning with corporate IT architecture governance
- Building a business reference model for reuse
- Creating a roadmap for phased framework adoption
Module 8: Change Management and Cross-Functional Alignment - Understanding organisational resistance to integration
- Identifying key stakeholders: OT, IT, Engineering, Operations
- Creating a RACI matrix for integration projects
- Facilitating cross-departmental workshops
- Communicating technical vision to non-technical leaders
- Translating integration benefits into business language
- Managing expectations across global teams
- Running integration pilots with clear success criteria
- Gathering feedback from operators and floor supervisors
- Integrating operator input into system design
- Training approaches for user adoption
- Developing standard operating procedures for data use
- Creating support models for post-launch phases
- Establishing continuous improvement loops
- Measuring change success with defined metrics
- Scaling successful pilots across the enterprise
Module 9: Implementation Project Management - Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- Understanding the five-level functional hierarchy
- Defining Level 3: Manufacturing Operations Management
- Role of MES in the ISA-95 framework
- Distinction between production, quality, maintenance, and inventory operations
- Activity models for production operations
- Activity models for quality control and lab systems
- Activity models for maintenance and asset management
- Activity models for material movement and inventory
- Linking maintenance activities to work orders
- Integrating quality results with production records
- Modeling exceptions and deviations
- Handling rework, scrap, and non-conformance
- Integrating batch processes with continuous operations
- Time-based vs. event-driven activity triggers
- Synchronising production schedules with real-time execution
- Dynamic sequencing based on equipment availability
Module 4: Data Flow Models and Interfacing Specifications - Understanding internal and external functional requirements
- Defining canonical data models for interoperability
- Key data exchanges between ERP and MES
- Production schedule distribution to shop floor
- Work order creation and release from ERP
- Material availability checks and reservations
- Sending production acknowledgements and confirmations
- Reporting actual material consumption
- Transferring labour and resource utilisation data
- Quality results reporting to enterprise systems
- Maintenance event notifications to EAM
- Integrating time and attendance with payroll systems
- Modeling exception messages and error handling
- Designing fault-tolerant data exchange patterns
- Defining message structure, frequency, and volume
- Creating interface specifications for vendors and integrators
Module 5: Integration Architecture Patterns and System Design - Centralised, decentralised, and hybrid integration models
- Role of middleware and integration platforms (ESB, iPaaS)
- Message queuing and publish-subscribe patterns
- RESTful API design for manufacturing systems
- Using OPC UA for secure, standardised data access
- Mapping ISA-95 objects to OPC UA information models
- Designing stateless vs. stateful integration services
- Event-driven architecture for real-time responsiveness
- Caching strategies for high-availability systems
- Security model considerations: authentication, authorisation, encryption
- Role-based access control in integration layers
- Designing for audit trails and data integrity
- Versioning and backward compatibility
- Failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning
- Testing integration points under load
- Designing for future scalability and vendor flexibility
Module 6: Mapping and Modelling Techniques for Real Plants - Conducting a plant-wide asset inventory
- Classifying equipment by function and integration need
- Developing a standard naming convention for all levels
- Creating a logical equipment hierarchy template
- Modelling multi-site operations and global replication
- Handling product changeovers and flexible lines
- Designing material flow models for discrete assembly
- Modelling bulk and batch processing environments
- Integrating packaging lines and co-packing operations
- Mapping quality inspection points to production stages
- Linking rework loops and offline testing
- Modelling shared resources across product families
- Handling vendor-owned or leased equipment
- Documenting legacy SCADA and PLC integration points
- Defining digital twin requirements from ISA-95 data
- Using templates to accelerate future rollouts
Module 7: Building a Standard Integration Framework - Developing a master integration blueprint
- Creating reusable interface patterns
- Standardising data formats and units of measure
- Defining global error codes and message taxonomy
- Establishing naming and numbering conventions
- Documenting assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Version control for integration design artefacts
- Creating a central integration repository
- Using configuration management for consistency
- Implementing change control processes
- Onboarding new plants using the standard framework
- Training teams on integration standards
- Conducting peer reviews of integration designs
- Aligning with corporate IT architecture governance
- Building a business reference model for reuse
- Creating a roadmap for phased framework adoption
Module 8: Change Management and Cross-Functional Alignment - Understanding organisational resistance to integration
- Identifying key stakeholders: OT, IT, Engineering, Operations
- Creating a RACI matrix for integration projects
- Facilitating cross-departmental workshops
- Communicating technical vision to non-technical leaders
- Translating integration benefits into business language
- Managing expectations across global teams
- Running integration pilots with clear success criteria
- Gathering feedback from operators and floor supervisors
- Integrating operator input into system design
- Training approaches for user adoption
- Developing standard operating procedures for data use
- Creating support models for post-launch phases
- Establishing continuous improvement loops
- Measuring change success with defined metrics
- Scaling successful pilots across the enterprise
Module 9: Implementation Project Management - Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- Centralised, decentralised, and hybrid integration models
- Role of middleware and integration platforms (ESB, iPaaS)
- Message queuing and publish-subscribe patterns
- RESTful API design for manufacturing systems
- Using OPC UA for secure, standardised data access
- Mapping ISA-95 objects to OPC UA information models
- Designing stateless vs. stateful integration services
- Event-driven architecture for real-time responsiveness
- Caching strategies for high-availability systems
- Security model considerations: authentication, authorisation, encryption
- Role-based access control in integration layers
- Designing for audit trails and data integrity
- Versioning and backward compatibility
- Failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning
- Testing integration points under load
- Designing for future scalability and vendor flexibility
Module 6: Mapping and Modelling Techniques for Real Plants - Conducting a plant-wide asset inventory
- Classifying equipment by function and integration need
- Developing a standard naming convention for all levels
- Creating a logical equipment hierarchy template
- Modelling multi-site operations and global replication
- Handling product changeovers and flexible lines
- Designing material flow models for discrete assembly
- Modelling bulk and batch processing environments
- Integrating packaging lines and co-packing operations
- Mapping quality inspection points to production stages
- Linking rework loops and offline testing
- Modelling shared resources across product families
- Handling vendor-owned or leased equipment
- Documenting legacy SCADA and PLC integration points
- Defining digital twin requirements from ISA-95 data
- Using templates to accelerate future rollouts
Module 7: Building a Standard Integration Framework - Developing a master integration blueprint
- Creating reusable interface patterns
- Standardising data formats and units of measure
- Defining global error codes and message taxonomy
- Establishing naming and numbering conventions
- Documenting assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Version control for integration design artefacts
- Creating a central integration repository
- Using configuration management for consistency
- Implementing change control processes
- Onboarding new plants using the standard framework
- Training teams on integration standards
- Conducting peer reviews of integration designs
- Aligning with corporate IT architecture governance
- Building a business reference model for reuse
- Creating a roadmap for phased framework adoption
Module 8: Change Management and Cross-Functional Alignment - Understanding organisational resistance to integration
- Identifying key stakeholders: OT, IT, Engineering, Operations
- Creating a RACI matrix for integration projects
- Facilitating cross-departmental workshops
- Communicating technical vision to non-technical leaders
- Translating integration benefits into business language
- Managing expectations across global teams
- Running integration pilots with clear success criteria
- Gathering feedback from operators and floor supervisors
- Integrating operator input into system design
- Training approaches for user adoption
- Developing standard operating procedures for data use
- Creating support models for post-launch phases
- Establishing continuous improvement loops
- Measuring change success with defined metrics
- Scaling successful pilots across the enterprise
Module 9: Implementation Project Management - Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- Developing a master integration blueprint
- Creating reusable interface patterns
- Standardising data formats and units of measure
- Defining global error codes and message taxonomy
- Establishing naming and numbering conventions
- Documenting assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Version control for integration design artefacts
- Creating a central integration repository
- Using configuration management for consistency
- Implementing change control processes
- Onboarding new plants using the standard framework
- Training teams on integration standards
- Conducting peer reviews of integration designs
- Aligning with corporate IT architecture governance
- Building a business reference model for reuse
- Creating a roadmap for phased framework adoption
Module 8: Change Management and Cross-Functional Alignment - Understanding organisational resistance to integration
- Identifying key stakeholders: OT, IT, Engineering, Operations
- Creating a RACI matrix for integration projects
- Facilitating cross-departmental workshops
- Communicating technical vision to non-technical leaders
- Translating integration benefits into business language
- Managing expectations across global teams
- Running integration pilots with clear success criteria
- Gathering feedback from operators and floor supervisors
- Integrating operator input into system design
- Training approaches for user adoption
- Developing standard operating procedures for data use
- Creating support models for post-launch phases
- Establishing continuous improvement loops
- Measuring change success with defined metrics
- Scaling successful pilots across the enterprise
Module 9: Implementation Project Management - Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- Developing a 30-day ISA-95 implementation roadmap
- Defining project scope and exclusion boundaries
- Identifying critical success factors and risks
- Selecting integration vendors and system integrators
- Writing RFPs with ISA-95-specific requirements
- Evaluating vendor proposals using scoring matrices
- Project planning with Gantt timelines and milestones
- Resource allocation and team composition
- Managing parallel workstreams: data, process, tech
- Running integration sprints using agile methods
- Conducting system integration testing (SIT)
- Defining user acceptance testing (UAT) protocols
- Handling data migration and historical data access
- Validating data accuracy and system reliability
- Managing cutover and go-live activities
- Post-implementation review and lessons learned
Module 10: Validation, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - Building validation into integration design
- GxP considerations for life sciences applications
- Designing audit trails for data changes
- Ensuring data integrity (ALCOA+ principles)
- Electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES)
- Validation documentation: IQ, OQ, PQ
- Creating traceability matrices for requirements
- Preparing for internal and external audits
- Handling regulatory inspections with confidence
- Change control in regulated environments
- Managing patches and updates without revalidation
- Defining roles in regulated data transactions
- Time synchronisation across systems for audit trails
- Backup and retention policies for operational data
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Third-party audit readiness checklists
Module 11: Advanced Integration Techniques - Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites
Module 12: Certification, Capstone Project, and Next Steps - Overview of the Certification of Completion process
- Instructions for the capstone integration project
- Selecting a real or simulated integration scenario
- Developing a full ISA-95 integration proposal
- Creating a business case with ROI estimates
- Designing your equipment and material hierarchy
- Specifying at least three core data interfaces
- Defining integration architecture and technology choices
- Mapping roles, responsibilities, and change impacts
- Creating a 90-day rollout plan
- Submitting your project for expert review
- Receiving feedback and refinement guidance
- Earning your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing the alumni network of ISA-95 practitioners
- Next steps: internal advocacy, consulting, or leadership roles
- Real-time production performance dashboards
- Integrating predictive maintenance systems
- Feeding machine learning models with ISA-95 data
- Linking energy monitoring systems to production events
- Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting integration
- Integrating with supply chain planning systems
- Dynamic scheduling based on real-time constraints
- Synchronising with SAP APO or similar tools
- Handling multi-plant, multi-tier production planning
- Integrating supplier quality data into incoming inspection
- Customer traceability from order to delivery
- Serialisation and track-and-trace systems
- Integrating with cloud-based MES and ERP platforms
- Using MQTT for lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging
- Edge computing and local decision logic
- Federated architectures for geographically dispersed sites