Well$-$conceived policies and operating procedures can aid good strategy execution by

$$allowing no leeway for company personnel to do things in ways that deviate from the company's best practices standard.

$$facilitating tight top management control over how daily operations are conducted and reducing the need for employee empowerment.

$$providing top$-$down guidance regarding how certain things need to be done and helping enforce consistency in how execution$-$critical activities are performed in geographically scattered organization units.

speeding the adoption and use of best practices and benchmarking.

$$providing company personnel with the detailed instructions they need to do their jobs in the most accurate and cost$-$efficient manner.