Specification 8132. Explore a topic, practise the skill, and see where to focus next.
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The bakery produces a tangible good and offers it to meet customer wants. The activity combines resources to add value.
Ethical sourcing can increase costs while strengthening reputation, customer loyalty and supply resilience. The net effect depends on customer response and implementation.
Just-in-time stock control reduces storage, insurance and spoilage costs. Low buffer stock means a delayed or faulty delivery can stop production.
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Correct answer: Producing goods and satisfying customer wants
The bakery produces a tangible good and offers it to meet customer wants. The activity combines resources to add value.
Correct answer: Unit costs may rise, but trust and brand differentiation may improve
Ethical sourcing can increase costs while strengthening reputation, customer loyalty and supply resilience. The net effect depends on customer response and implementation.
Correct answer: Lower stockholding cost, but greater exposure to late deliveries
Just-in-time stock control reduces storage, insurance and spoilage costs. Low buffer stock means a delayed or faulty delivery can stop production.
For parents: look at the explanation together. A correct answer is encouraging; a missed answer gives you something specific to work on. Broader practice over time is needed to understand progress.
If delivery and collaboration work effectively online, proximity to customers and a central office may be less important. The business must still consider staff, technology, security and brand needs.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Business in the real world. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
Enterprise involves accepting calculated risk where potential returns justify it. Research, testing, insurance and contingency planning can reduce rather than eliminate uncertainty.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Influences on business. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
A lower purchase price may be offset by longer lead times, higher buffer stock, transport cost and reduced ability to respond to demand. Procurement decisions should consider total supply-chain performance.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Business operations. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
Responsibility, recognition, participation, development and supportive management can improve motivation without a direct pay increase. Their effectiveness depends on employee needs and implementation.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Human resources. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
Public relations communicates with stakeholders and can explain a recall, apology and corrective action. Credibility depends on transparent evidence and effective operational correction, not communication alone.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Marketing. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
The lower margin means a smaller proportion of revenue remains as net profit. Revenue growth could still raise total profit, so managers should compare absolute figures and investigate costs, prices and competitors.
Watch for: Do not give a generic advantage or disadvantage for Finance. Apply it to the stated business, stakeholder and time horizon before reaching a judgement.
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AQA · GCSE · Business · 8132
Version 1.0, 19 August 2016; current checked 27 August 2026
Source checked: 2026-08-27. The current official specification controls assessment requirements and option choices.
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