From a very general perspective, the planning process offers four primary benefits. They are better coordination, focus on historical thinking, a top-down work environment, and more effective control systems better supervision, focus on forward thinking, a top-down work environment, and substitution of empowerment for control better coordination, a road map as a guide, a focus on forward thinking, and more effective control systems better supervision, a focus on historical thinking, a road map, and more effective control systems