Quality Assurance
What Quality Assurance means in Business GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Building quality into every stage of the process, aiming to prevent errors before they occur, which is proactive because it prevents defects.
A system of maintaining standards by building quality checks into every stage of the production process.
A system of checking quality at every stage of the production process to prevent errors.
Building quality checks into every stage of production to prevent defects.
Topics that use Quality Assurance
- Business activity (Eduqas GCSE)
- Business operations (Eduqas GCSE)
- Operations (OCR GCSE)
- Managing quality (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Job Production
- Quality Control
- Automation
- Batch Production
- Competitive advantage
- Cost control
- Flow Production
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
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