State Based Control is among a spectrum of automation styles within ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations.[1] It’s origins date back to the 1960's rooted in a desire to achieve operational excellence through operating discipline.[2] It was however until recently not widely practiced outside of a few companies. Most notable of these companies was Dow Chemical. Dow had developed and widely used a proprietary control platform known as MOD. MOD which stood for Manufacturing Operating Discipline was developed through a series of automation systems and refined into the MOD 5.[2] Dow attributed the concept of embedding operating discipline into state-based control with enabling them to achieve their environmental, health and safety goals along with performance improvements that contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the company.[2]