XYZ Hardware Retailing Company runs a batch system for accounts receivable. On the first Monday of each month, the operations specialist runs an accounts receivable update. The procedure is as follows: The accountant prepares a list of all updates on a disk file; this disk file is then transferred to the account of a systems specialist; the operations specialist then carefully edits the data and then generates the batch job.

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Evaluate this procedure from a control standpoint.