ISA position paper highlights how automation can drive digital deglobalization success

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has published a new position paper titled “Automation Enables Digital Deglobalization Efforts.” In this new position paper, ISA states that automation technology and techniques — implemented by knowledgeable and skilled automation professionals — can help businesses optimize their digital deglobalization efforts, secure their supply chain infrastructure and support improvements to environmental and social responsibility.

The association explains that recent supply chain disruptions, geopolitical instability and protectionism, inflationary conditions and demands for increased corporate social responsibility and environmental social governance are all driving a trend toward deglobalization. Businesses are seeking to secure themselves from uncertainty by shifting their focus closer to home, whether they choose to reshore manufacturing, reduce international trade, invest in local diversification and growth or engage in other similar activities. While businesses aim to increase resilience and mitigate risk, they also need to guard against potential consequences of digital deglobalization efforts and meet demands from investors and the public to advance environmental and social responsibility, notes ISA.

“As pressures for digital deglobalization grow, businesses are faced with a number of challenges — and automation can help solve many of them,” said Claire Fallon, CEO and executive director of ISA. “ISA’s new position paper establishes how automation can help contribute to resilient supply chains and strengthen cybersecurity. It also outlines how decision-makers can rely upon automation technologies and automation professionals, engineers and technicians to achieve their deglobalization goals.”

With its new paper, ISA reportedly intends to highlight how automation technology and automation professionals can support digital deglobalization efforts and help ensure businesses stay resilient during periods of rapid transformation.