Layered Process Audit Software
Tier one runs its check every shift. Tier three runs its review once a month. Kissflow schedules every tier's audit automatically, builds the checklist from the control plan, and routes findings straight to the owner, so every level of the organization sees the same picture of the floor.
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One audit program, scheduled and scored the same way at every tier
Tier one runs its check every shift. Tier three runs its review once a month. Nobody is currently checking whether tier one's answer and tier three's answer would actually match.
A layered process audit is supposed to verify, at every level of the organization, that a process is being run the way its control plan says it should be, from the operator's own daily check up through a plant manager's monthly walk. In practice, the schedule lives on a wall calendar that gets ignored on a busy shift, the checklist gets built ad hoc by whoever's auditing that day, and a finding written on a paper form stays with whoever wrote it instead of routing to whoever owns the fix.
Kissflow schedules every tier's audit automatically, builds the checklist from the control plan's own critical characteristics, and routes a finding straight to the owner with a due date, so a gap tier one has been flagging for weeks reaches tier three before the next scheduled audit does.
A tiered audit schedule that exists on paper only shows gaps when tier three finally checks
Audits skipped without anyone noticing
A tier one check missed on a busy shift just doesn't happen, and there's no record that it was supposed to.
Findings die in a notebook
A finding written on a paper checklist stays with whoever wrote it, instead of routing to whoever owns the fix.
Tiers don't compare notes
Tier one, two, and three audits run independently, so a gap tier one has been flagging for weeks never reaches tier three's radar.
No score to act on
Without a compliance score by line or tier, a slipping audit program looks fine until an external audit says otherwise.
Six modules. Configurable to your control plan.
Every module ships with default forms, scheduling logic, and dashboards. Configure each one to your operating model in the visual builder.
Audit template library
Builds each tier's checklist from the control plan's critical characteristics, instead of whatever the auditor remembers to check.
Tiered scheduling and assignment
Auto-assigns tier one, two, and three audits by role and frequency, daily, weekly, or monthly, so none of them depend on a wall calendar.
Mobile checklist execution
Runs the audit on a phone or tablet on the floor, with photo evidence attached directly to each finding.
Findings logging and severity
Logs every finding with a severity level and routes it immediately to the person responsible for the fix.
Corrective action and CAPA linkage
Assigns a corrective action to a finding and flags a repeat finding for a CAPA automatically, every time.
Compliance scorecard by tier
Scores compliance by tier, line, and auditor, so a slipping program shows up before an external audit finds it.
From request to system of record in four steps
Initiate
Tier one, two, and three audits are auto-assigned by role and frequency, so nothing depends on a calendar reminder.
Conduct
The auditor runs the checklist, pulled from the control plan, on a phone or tablet, with photo evidence.
Flag
A finding is logged with its severity and routed immediately to the owner responsible for the fix.
Record
Closure is verified and the result rolls into the compliance scorecard by tier and line.
What changes when layered process audits run on Kissflow
| Process | Before Kissflow | On Kissflow |
|---|---|---|
| Audit scheduling | Tracked on a wall calendar, or nobody's calendar | Auto-assigned by tier and frequency |
| Checklist source | Built ad hoc by whoever's auditing | Pulled from the control plan's critical characteristics |
| Findings | Written on paper and rarely followed up | Logged and routed to the owner immediately |
| CAPA linkage | A repeat finding needs someone to notice the pattern | Repeat findings flag automatically for CAPA |
| Evidence | A phone photo that may or may not get saved | Photo evidence attached to the finding permanently |
| Scorecard | Compiled by hand, if at all | Compliance score by tier, line, and auditor, live |
Connects to the quality and control plan systems you already run
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Built for audits that actually run at every tier
Every tier on its own clock
Tier one, two, and three each get their own frequency and assignment, so none of them quietly drop off.
Checklists tied to the control plan
Audit questions come from the same critical characteristics your control plan already defines, not a separate list.
Live in weeks, not a re-implementation
Configure audit templates, tiers, and scoring in the visual builder, without a change request against your QMS.
Findings that reach the right owner
A finding routes directly to whoever owns the fix, with a due date, not a paper form filed away.
One scorecard across every tier
See compliance by tier, line, and auditor in one dashboard, instead of three separate paper trails.
Evidence that doesn't disappear
Photo evidence attaches to the finding permanently, available for the next audit's comparison.
Related apps
5S Audit
Score workplace organization by zone against a shared standard, independent of the process running in it.
Gemba Walk
Give leadership an unscored floor observation and coaching walk, separate from the scored audit program.
Control Plan Management
Maintain the control plan itself, the source of the critical characteristics this audit checks against.
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Get SupportFactory Compliance and Audit Reporting covers scheduled regulatory and standards audits across the plant. Layered Process Audit is specifically the tiered operator, supervisor, and manager verification of process adherence against the control plan, run daily to monthly by layer.
A 5S Audit scores workplace organization against the five 5S categories. A layered process audit checks whether the process itself, the steps a control plan requires, is being followed at the tier that's supposed to be checking it.
A Gemba Walk is an unscored leadership observation and coaching conversation on the floor. A layered process audit is a scheduled, scored checklist run against defined process requirements by tier.
Configurable by role. Typically tier one is the operator's daily self-check, tier two is a weekly supervisor audit, and tier three is a monthly review by plant manager or quality leadership.
Yes. Quality leaders configure audit templates, tier schedules, and scoring 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.
Kissflow is certified to SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA, hosted on Google Cloud with data residency in the US, EU, APAC, and Oceania.
