Review the audit and create the summary report

During the audit review and summary phase, the lead auditor reviews the audit results, including the audit findings, together with the team. Optionally, audit actions to address the audit findings can be initiated during the audit review, or later individually in the follow-up phase by the audit team.

Example

Consider a scenario where there are issues in the production line of the steering wheel assembly of car. The problem occurs for a few weeks, and isolated incidents are resolved, but the issues keep occurring. Realizing that the issues could be related to oversight in processes, the company decides to conduct an ad-hoc internal audit to inspect all the steps in the steering wheel production process.

After the audit planning and execution, the lead auditor prepares an audit summary and grades the audit based on the severity of the findings. Once the questions are assessed, the lead auditor creates quality issues to report the audit findings and optionally assigns them to the responsible users, the users who are designated for taking the required actions. The lead auditor then discusses the audit findings with the team and prepares the audit report and summary.