Well-conceived policies and operating procedures can aid good strategy execution by (a) speeding the adoption and use of best practices and benchmarking.(b) providing top-down guidance regarding how certain things need to be done and enforce consistency in how execution-critical activities are performed in geographically scattered organization units.(c) providing company personnel with the detailed instructions they need to do their jobs in the most accurate and cost-efficient manner.(d) allowing no leeway for company personnel to do things in ways that deviate from the company's best practices standard.(e) facilitating tight top management control over how daily operations are conducted and reducing the need for employee empowerment.