APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) Software
A new part program moves from quote to launch through five defined phases, and the deliverables due at each gate, design FMEAs, control plans, capability studies, live in a dozen owners' folders until someone assembles them for the review. Kissflow runs the whole program as one gated record.
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Every APQP phase, gate, and deliverable tracked against one program record, not a folder per owner
A new part program moves from quote to launch through five defined phases: plan and define, product design, process design, product and process validation, and launch. Each phase has its own deliverables, a design FMEA here, a control plan there, a capability study from a validation run, owned by different engineers and functions, and none of it lives anywhere a program manager can see all at once before the gate review. The week before launch sign-off usually means someone assembling five people's folders into one binder.
Kissflow runs APQP as a single gated program: deliverables are assigned, tracked, and linked to the actual documents they produce, a gate review can't close until they're complete, and the program's status is visible from kickoff to launch sign-off. A new program sets up against the five APQP phases with the cross-functional team assigned to each, and deliverable ownership spreads across design, process, quality, and manufacturing with visibility into what's outstanding. Risks and open issues raised during any phase log and track to resolution before they can block a gate, and a dashboard shows every program's phase, deliverable status, and gate readiness.
A five-phase program without a gated tracker is five phases nobody can see at once
Deliverables scatter across owners
A design FMEA, a control plan, and a capability study each live with a different engineer, with no shared view of what's complete.
Gates close on a status meeting, not a checklist
A phase gets marked complete because the review meeting ran out of objections, not because every required deliverable was verified.
Cross-functional teams lose track of dependencies
Process design work starts before product design deliverables are actually finalized, because nobody flagged the dependency.
Launch readiness is assembled at the last minute
The evidence a launch gate needs gets pulled together the week of the review instead of tracked as it's produced.
Six modules. Configurable to your operating model.
Every module ships with default forms, approval logic, integrations, and dashboards. Configure each one to your operating model in the visual builder.
Program & phase setup
Sets up a new part program against the five APQP phases, with the cross-functional team assigned to each phase.
Deliverable tracking
Tracks each phase's required deliverables, design FMEA, control plan, capability study, and more, to completion.
Cross-functional task assignment
Assigns deliverable ownership across design, process, quality, and manufacturing, with visibility into what's outstanding.
Gate review & sign-off
Requires every phase's deliverables to be complete before the gate review can close, with a recorded sign-off.
Risk & issue log
Logs risks and open issues raised during any phase, tracked to resolution before they can block a gate review.
Program dashboard
Shows every active program's phase, deliverable status, and gate readiness across the plant in one dashboard.
From request to system of record in four steps
Plan
A program phase opens with its required deliverables and cross-functional owners assigned in one workspace.
Assign
Each deliverable, from design FMEA to capability study, is distributed to its owner with due dates and linked to the document it produces.
Execute
Deliverables are tracked to completion on one board, and the gate review checks every one against the phase's completion criteria.
Close-out
The phase is signed off and the program advances, or holds open issues until it can, with the full gated record retained for audit.
What changes when APQP runs on Kissflow
| Process | Before Kissflow | On Kissflow |
|---|---|---|
| Deliverables | Scattered across owners' folders | Tracked and linked to one program record |
| Gate closure | Based on a status meeting | Requires every deliverable verified complete |
| Dependencies | Tracked informally, if at all | Visible across phases before they cause a delay |
| Cross-functional visibility | Each function sees its own piece | One dashboard across design, process, quality, and manufacturing |
| Risk & issues | Raised in meetings, tracked nowhere | Logged and tracked to resolution before the gate |
| Launch readiness | Assembled the week of the review | Visible continuously as deliverables complete |
Connects to the PLM, ERP, and quality systems already holding your program documents
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Built for running five phases as one program, not five folders
Gates that actually enforce deliverable completion
A phase can't close until its required deliverables are verified, not just discussed.
Built for cross-functional ownership
Design, process, quality, and manufacturing all see the same program status, with their own assignments.
A recorded gate sign-off, every time
Every gate review has a documented decision, not a verbal go-ahead in a meeting.
Links to the deliverables that make up the program
PFMEA, control plan, and PPAP live as connected apps, not standalone documents referenced by memory.
Live in weeks, not a re-implementation
Configure phases, deliverables, and gate criteria in the visual builder without a PLM-scale rollout.
One dashboard across every active program
See phase, deliverable, and gate status for every part program running in the plant.
Related apps
PPAP Submission Management
Run the part submission package that closes out APQP's validation phase, and any change after.
PFMEA / DFMEA Management
Track the failure mode risk analysis that's one of APQP's required design and process deliverables.
Control Plan Management
Maintain the control plan that comes out of APQP's process design phase and governs the part going forward.
We help manufacturers run APQP as one gated program instead of five phases in five folders
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Get SupportNo. It coordinates the overall APQP program and gates, and links to those apps as the deliverables each phase actually produces.
Yes. The phase structure, deliverables, and gate criteria are configurable to your APQP methodology, whether you follow AIAG's model or your own variant.
Routing is configurable, typically the program manager with sign-off from each represented function, design, process, quality, and manufacturing.
It's built around the specific APQP phase and deliverable structure, with gates that enforce deliverable completion rather than a generic task list.
Yes. Program managers configure phases, deliverables, and gate criteria in the visual builder, and the AI Builder can generate a working app from a plain-language description.
Through APIs and integration connectors, under single sign-on and role-based access, with every action written to an audit log.
Configuration and AI generation move delivery from weeks to days, without a multi-year platform program or an engineering backlog.
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