Learn in the textbookThe System Audit Process (From Planning to Reporting and Follow-up)
DefinitionFollow-up (フォローアップ) is the stage after reporting in which the auditor checks how far the improvement proposals have been carried out and gives guidance to move the improvements forward.
ExplanationAn audit does not end with handing in the report, since it only has an effect once improvements are actually made. After reporting, the auditor keeps track of how the improvements are progressing and evaluates the results.
AnalogyIt is like a dentist who teaches you how to brush and then checks at the next visit whether your gums have improved.
Memory hookTo follow up is to go after something: you go after the report and see what happened next.