As a result of the rapid expansion of industries that rely on automation, the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 184, Automation systems and integration (TC 184), requires additional expertise.

As the U.S. member body to ISO, the American National Standards Institute is seeking additional U.S. participants with expertise reflecting the diverse nature of the committee to work within the ANSI-accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO TC 184. The committee and its subcommittees work on a variety of standards related to automation, especially in areas involving manufacturing systems and integration.

Examples of the required expertise include experts who represent smart manufacturing and enterprise resource planning.

ISO TC 184 has developed a strategic business plan to highlight how its standards add value, including:

• More efficient and effective capture, organization, and expression of the requirements for integration and operation of physical, human, and IT elements. Reduced cost of implementing the required technologies in a combined e-manufacturing and e-business environment.

• The ability to adapt to changing business requirements by addressing the capabilities needed for enterprises to quickly respond and adapt to new supply chain demands and to flexibly configure their human, physical, and information resources to support continuous product and process improvements. TC 184 standards facilitate changes to the configuration of system elements while retaining the investment in individual elements.

Currently, stakeholders involved in ISO TC 184 standards development represent a diverse range of industries including automotive, aeronautics, space and defense, and electrical device sectors, along with leading IT companies, research institutes, trade associations, consortia, and academia. Twenty countries, including the United States, participate in the TC, which has published more than 800 standards since its creation in 1983.