State of Open Process Automation 2026

An Industry Assessment from Inside the Standard

Published by Collaborative Systems Integration | May 2026

The architecture of industrial control is being rebuilt. This 40-page report covers where the Open Process Automation standard, the suppliers, the integrators, and the economics actually stand in 2026 — and what operators, integrators, suppliers, and investors should do about it.

What’s in the report

Ten sections covering current standard maturity, the structural argument for OPA, the OCAM framework, the economic case (60-70% TCO reductions over 25 years), the supplier landscape, why integrators are the bottleneck, where OPA enters operating reality first, six failure modes that determine adoption success, the next 36 months, and what to do now.

About this report

Published by Collaborative Systems Integration. CSI has been involved in OPA development since 2017 and operates under a commercial license from The Open Group authorizing the use of O-PAS in commercial publications. The author serves as past Co-Chair of OPAF (six years) and current Marketing and Outreach Lead.

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Available May 31, 2026. The report will be free, ungated, and capital-committee grade. To be notified when it publishes, contact CSI with “Notify me when the State of OPA 2026 report publishes” in your message.

O-PAS™ is a standard of The Open Group. CSI operates under a commercial license from The Open Group authorizing the use of O-PAS in commercial offerings. The views in this report are CSI’s commercial perspective and do not represent positions of The Open Group, OPAF, or its member organizations.