Interesting that you say “some auditors have the mindset that they must issue an observation or a finding before leaving a plant.” I believe ALL auditors have this mindset no matter how good your quality system is. From what I have seen, auditors will question everything and listen very closely to what people in regulatory and quality say so they can question the details. From a quality perspective, I believe part of quality is trained to answer these audits by providing just enough information to answer their questions but not enough information to open any further investigating or additional questions.