Organization for Machine Automation and Control

Organization for Machine Automation and Control

Abbreviation	OMAC
Formation	1994
Chair	Sid Venkatesh
Parent organization	Automation Federation
Website	omac.org
Formerly called	Open Modular Architecture Controls

The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) is a global organization that supports the machine automation and operational needs of manufacturing.^[1] OMAC, has in conjunction with ISA, created the PackML industry standard for describing the state and transitions of packaging machines.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} OMAC was formed by General Motors in the 1980s under the name Open Modular Architecture Controls to address the problem of each machine having different controls and/or software implementations.^[7] In the late 1990s OMAC expanded into the packaging automation industry.^[7]

References

1. "About OMAC". OMAC. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
2. "Packaging automation: OMAC packaging workgroup announces PackML Implementation Guide". Packaging Digest.
3. Wright, Shelton. "OMAC's Effort to Standardize Packaging" (PDF). University of Florida – Packaging Science Program. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
4. "OMAC Packaging Workgroup Announces Newly Developed PackML Implementation Guide". Automation Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
5. "OMAC Packaging Guidelines". Packaging Automation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
6. The World Batch Forum (13 January 2011). Applying ISA-88 In Discrete and Continuous Manufacturing (1 ed.). Momentum Press. ISBN 978-1-60650-200-6.
7. Derby, Stephen J. (27 October 2004). Design of Automatic Machinery (1 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 300–304. ISBN 0-8247-5369-0.