Randy,
We really don't know the entire story. Something could have been said at the closing meeting that contradicted what was originally presented/told to the auditor. A situation like this is very rare I would think but the audit is not over until the closing meeting ends. What if the auditor's 'audit trail' is checked during a random ANAB audit of his organization? They look closely at Management Review and no doubt ANAB would probably issue a non-conformance and then the auditor is in trouble. I worked for a Registrar about 8 years ago. ANAB audited our project folders on a regular basis. Seemed like they were there every calendar quarter.
We really don't know the entire story. Something could have been said at the closing meeting that contradicted what was originally presented/told to the auditor. A situation like this is very rare I would think but the audit is not over until the closing meeting ends. What if the auditor's 'audit trail' is checked during a random ANAB audit of his organization? They look closely at Management Review and no doubt ANAB would probably issue a non-conformance and then the auditor is in trouble. I worked for a Registrar about 8 years ago. ANAB audited our project folders on a regular basis. Seemed like they were there every calendar quarter.
The missed item in management review may very well have been could very well have been a subject where for the year the input was -0- (zero). Where's the requirement for absolutely having everything in the management review that we see in 9.3.2 (9K15 example)....There isn't! All that is absolutely required with a "shall" is that 9.3.2 a-f be "considered" and "considered" means "yeah we thought or talked about it but..." Nothing in 9.3.2 is even required to be documented...Look at it! No documentation required! No shall! Documentation of anything related to Management Review is on found in 9.3.3 where the "results" of reviews are to be retained, not the planning, not the inputs, only the results.
Now here's the catch, if the organizations own documentation requires documenting everything and they don't, well OK then, but still not a Major, maybe a minor for not following the procedure, maybe a minor for not including everything, but that's it. With all that you still don't wait until the closing meeting and shout "SURPRISE I GOTCHA", because your butt will never have lunch with them again. Shout "MAJOR" under the same circumstances and you'll probably be walked to the door.