CSIA Membership: You Can’t Afford to Be Without It
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The Top 5 Reasons for all Control System Integrators
to be CSIA Members!
1. The Annual Executive Conference. The CSIA Executive Conference takes place each April and is a gathering of owners and top managers of our system integrator members and Partner automation vendor members. The conference is three days of educational sessions, networking and entertainment. Some call it an annual business tune-up. Click here for information on the 2012 Conference program.
2. Best Practices Manual. The Best Practices Manual contains 120 pages and about 300 criteria on running a first-class control systems integration company. It was written by our members and has been revised three times to keep it relevant and accurate. The manual is exclusively for CSIA members. Click here to download the Table of Contents.
3. CSIA Certification. CSIA Certification is achieved by passing an audit of the most critical criteria from the Best Practices Manual. Preparing your company for the audit improves business operations and gives you an advantage because end-users see certified integrators as a lower risk.
4. Private Community of Conversations and a Library. As a CSIA member you can engage in online conversations with other members around the globe. Become a member and ask your most challenging business questions. You'll also have access to a library of helpful business documents. See a list of recent conversation topics here.
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. Find an Integrator. Find an Integrator is a search tool for end-users to locate integrators that meet their desired criteria. Only CSIA members are in the search tool. Click on the Find an Integrator tab on the right side of this page to give it a test drive.
Why have other System Integrators become CSIA members?
Here's what some of our 300+ system integrator members globally have said:
• They can’t figure out how to increase sales
• Their operational costs are high and they acknowledge that it is because of insufficient processes and procedures
• They can’t bid some projects because they aren’t CSIA Certified
• Their business insurance broker doesn’t understand their business
• They don’t know where to turn when faced with difficult business decisions
• They don’t know how their business is doing compared to their competitors
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CONTROL SYSTEM INTEGRATOR MEMBERSHIP
Control System Integrators (CSIs) are independent companies, or independent divisions of larger entities, that utilize industrial automation equipment and software from multiple automation manufacturers in the implementation of their projects. They focus on plant automation requiring application knowledge and technical expertise for sales, design, implementation, installation, commissioning and support. CSIA members are located around the globe. For CSIs to become members they must meet the following criteria for entry as either a Participating Member or an Associate Member.
Participating Member
PARTICIPATING membership criteria:
- The applicant's revenue for integration services (labor only) was > $250,000 and < $600,000 for the year prior to application.
- Applicant must provide integration services with its own personnel.
- Applicant may be asked to provide financial data to the CSIA Executive Director and be interviewed by phone by CSIA members to verify that the applicant meets membership eligibility requirements.
- Applicant agrees to comply with CSIA bylaws, rules and regulations.
- Participating members are strongly encouraged to reach Associate member status as soon as possible and then work toward CSIA Certification.
- Participating members do not have association voting rights and cannot acquire CSIA Certification.
Associate Member
ASSOCIATE membership criteria:
- The applicant’s revenue for integration services (i.e. labor only) has exceeded an average of USD $600,000 annually for at least three fiscal years immediately preceding the year of application.
- Applicant must provide integration services with its own personnel.
- Applicant may be asked to provide financial data to the CSIA Executive Director and be interviewed by phone by CSIA members to verify that the applicant meets membership eligibility requirements.
- Applicant agrees to comply with CSIA bylaws, rules and regulations.
- Associate members are strongly encouraged to achieve CSIA Certified status as soon as possible.
Benefits of CSIA membership for integrators - ENGLISH
Benefits of CSIA membership for integrators - SPANISH
Benefits of CSIA membership for integrators -PORTUGUESE
*To earn Certification, a CSIA Associate must pass an independent, third-party audit based on criteria spelled out in CSIA’s Best Practices and Benchmarks, the accepted roadmap for system integrators committed to delivering the level of quality, performance and long-term support their customers expect.
See the CSIA Membership Application for the annual dues amount.
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PARTNER MEMBERSHIP
PARTNER membership criteria:
- The applicant must be manufacturers and/or suppliers of industrial automation hardware and/or software products that control system integrators use in the automation systems they provide to their customers
Benefits of CSIA membership for Partners - ENGLISH
Benefits of CSIA membership for Partners - PORTUGUESE
See the CSIA Membership Application for the annual dues amount.
© 2012 Control System Integrators Association
22 N. Carroll St., Ste 300, Madison, WI 53703, USA, Phone: 800.661.4914, Fax: 888.581.3666,
Email: csmith@controlsys.org
