Organization for Machine Automation and Control

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]

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