ABSTRACT
Written reports are a ubiquitous feature of all quality audits. Althoughthey can appear in a variety of forms, they all serve four main pur-poses, listed below in order of importance: 1. To act as a reminder to the auditee of what actions he or she needs to
take. 2. To inform the client as to the results of the audit. 3. To act as part of the means of tracking resultant actions. 4. To provide evidence that the audit was conducted.
