Business A-Level
fitness for purpose
What fitness for purpose means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of fitness for purpose
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Reference: AQA
Quality means meeting the customer's needs rather than the highest specification, so a budget hotel and a luxury one can both be excellent.
Topics that use fitness for purpose
Related terms
- continuous improvement
- cost of quality
- cost of rework
- internal and external failure costs
- prevention versus detection
- price elasticity of demand
- product recall
- return on quality spending
Using fitness for purpose in the exam
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