Audit Response Trail Bundle Excel | 11 Quality Tools: Audit Findings Log, A3, 5 Why, 8D, CAR Tracker, LPA | ISO 9001

One audit finding. From the log to proof the fix held.

An audit finding is not closed when the response goes out. It is closed when the cause is found, the action is done and the fix has held. This bundle gives you a working Excel tool for every step of that trail, from the finding on the log to the evidence that the fix held, built to hand off from one step to the next.

It is the companion to the free field book “One Finding. The Audit Response Trail.” The book walks the 8 steps. This bundle gives you the 11 tools to run them.

The 11 tools, step by step

Step 01 Requirement and Step 03 Correction

QA-F-260 Audit Findings & Response Log: log the finding against the requirement it cites, then record the correction on the same log. Severity, source, status and age are calculated for you.

Step 02 Restate It

QA-F-360 A3 Problem Solving Template: put the finding on one page, from background and current state to countermeasures and results.

Step 04 Look Beyond the Sample

QA-F-210 Internal Audit Checklist: clause mapped audit questions with a four rating system, so you can test how far the finding goes.

Step 05 Root Cause

QA-F-310 3-Legged 5 Why Analysis: ask why it happened, why it was not caught and why the system allowed it.
QA-F-365 Fishbone Diagram: lay out the possible causes by man, machine, method, material, measurement and environment.

Step 06 Corrective Action

QA-F-355 8D Corrective Action Form: D1 through D8 on one form, from containment to preventing it again.

Step 07 CAR Tracker

QA-F-265 Post Audit CAR Tracker: every corrective action from the audit tracked phase by phase, linked back to its finding.
QA-F-375 CAR Tracker: keep every corrective action and noncompliance from all sources in one multi-year register, with live open, in progress, closed and on hold status.

Step 08 Evidence

QA-F-393 Effectiveness Verification Tracker: checks at 30, 60 and 90 days, recurrences counted, with a closure gate that says close, hold or reopen.
QA-F-205 Layered Process Audit: keep checking the process at every layer so the finding stays closed.
QA-F-392 LPA Schedule & Compliance Dashboard: who audits what, and what is overdue.

One trail, start to finish

01 Requirement: log the finding against the clause it cites
02 Restate It: get the problem on one page
03 Correction: record the correction on the log
04 Look Beyond the Sample: test how far the finding goes
05 Root Cause: ask why, three ways
06 Corrective Action: write the response on an 8D
07 CAR Tracker: follow every action to done
08 Evidence: prove the fix held and keep checking

How this differs from our other audit bundles
The IATF 16949 Audit Bundle and the Audit & Compliance Response Bundle stay available as shorter, entry-level sets. The Audit Response Trail Bundle covers the whole path, from the finding on the log to proof the fix held.

Details

11 Excel workbooks in one instant download
Works with Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365
Findings, areas and examples are generic, so replace them with your own
Open each workbook’s instructions tab for setup

Built by a quality practitioner for quality practitioners: quality managers, quality engineers, management representatives, internal auditors, and IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 sites. Standards referenced for informational alignment only. Not a certification.