This i think is one of the main things that i wanted to highlight in this post. The actual need for both forecasting and planning. No business can hope to be successful without a plan, and how do they know what to plan for without forecasting. Every major business that i have worked in works to forecast projection of revenue and expenses, now some are better at doing the plans then others, however just having the targets and even basic plan to work to that target often sets them miles ahead of anyone that wishes to copy them, without either planning or forecasting.