Identify and explain three strengths in Lexsteel’s procedures

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  The company has a centralized EDP system and database in place. This eliminates duplication of effort and data redundancy while improving data integrity, efficiency, productivity, and timely management information.
  
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  Most purchase orders are issued by the centralized purchasing department from computerized production orders or bills of material. This limits overstocking of materials inventory and employs the specialized expertise in the purchasing function.
  
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  The functions of purchasing, production control, accounts payable, and cash disbursements are centralized at the corporate headquarters. This improves management control and avoids a duplication of efforts. The separated departments help maintain internal control by the segregation of duties for authorization, payment, and coding.
  

There should be 5 or 6 of these articles on the Journal of Accountancy web site. No solution is provided here as the solutions are at the end of each article. Most questions are thought provoking and the answers informative.

Solutions will vary. The purpose of the problem is to expose the students to the website contents. The author grades the report on a pass/fail basis based on whether the student gave an honest effort in exploring the site and writing up the report.