Manufacturing

Stop finding launch issues at the gate review

Govern every gate, open issue and sub-tier submission in one system, and see what will slip before it slips.

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4 of 5 — Closure, not authorship

Four of the five most-cited IATF major findings are about actions that were never closed out. Source: IAOB nonconformance database across 19 certification bodies, 2025 AIAG Quality Summit.

Mar 2024 — The standard moved to your layer

AIAG rebuilt APQP around gated management, program metrics and sourcing risk, and split out the control plan. Source: AIAG APQP 3rd Edition and Control Plan 1st Edition, published 1 March 2024.

The market prices a slip

Product delay announcements cut average shareholder value by about 12 percent.

Schedules overrun by default

The average development project exceeds its planned schedule by 120 percent.

No margin for an escape

Ford and GM ran warranty claims above 3 percent of product sales through late 2025.

Sub-tier proof is contractual

Ford requires documented evidence your Tier 2s follow APQP, and they have no login.

Launch governance runs on a spreadsheet and a Thursday call. Three truths every launch manager already knows

Truth 1 — Your PLM holds the design, not the gate

Teamcenter is authoritative about the part and completely silent about whether Gate 3 can close on Friday.

Truth 2 — Open issue 37 belongs to nobody

The issues list lives in a workbook four people edit, one person circulates, and no system escalates when a date passes.

Truth 3 — The status report is built by hand

Your launch manager rebuilds the customer's deck every week instead of clearing the issues the deck reports.

Your core systems stay in place. The workflow connects them in one place

Kissflow runs the gates, open issues and evidence between your functions and your suppliers. Teamcenter, SAP and your QMS stay the systems of record.

Experience — the teams doing the work

Program management, quality, engineering and sub-tier suppliers. One shared record.

Kissflow — the execution layer

Routing, escalation, evidence and governance in one layer.

Gate reviews Open issues Sub-tier readiness Change reviews Submissions Safe launch

Systems of record — everything you already run

Native integrations, REST APIs and webhooks. Nothing existing moves.

Teamcenter Windchill SAP Opcenter MES QMS

Why program and quality leaders pick Kissflow

Built for the launch program, not just the design

01 — Not another PLM module

Run the gate review, the open issues list and the evidence behind both.

02 — Built for launch workflows

Gate checklists, open issues, sub-tier readiness and submission tracking from day one.

03 — 30 to 60 day rollout

Launch one governed gate review in weeks, without touching your PLM roadmap.

04 — Audit-ready records

Capture every approval, owner, date and evidence file as the program runs.

05 — System integrations

Connect Teamcenter, Windchill, SAP, Siemens Opcenter and your QMS.

06 — Reaches your sub-tier

Tier 2 suppliers submit readiness evidence without a seat in your systems.

INDUSTRY Manufacturing

HEADQUATERS Kenya

“The Kissflow team met our expectations and helped make the transition smooth. The support personnel has been very helpful and always available when needed to help us to fix issues.”

Nicholas Githinji

Group Processes Head, Ramco

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

30+

hours saved per week

35-45%

reduction in process cycle time

2,500+

items processed

Launch and supplier quality questions

Your PLM holds the design and your QMS holds the record. Neither one runs the gate review, chases the sub-tier readiness evidence, or assembles the status report your launch manager rebuilds every week. Kissflow runs those steps and records the decisions.

No. PPAP is the AIAG submission package and the output of APQP phase four. Process performance qualification is the name Stellantis gave its supplier gate in the harmonised 2022 regime. The evidence overlaps, the structure and timing do not. The process qualification page covers that gate in full.

No. Kissflow authors nothing. It does not create or calculate FMEAs, control plans, measurement systems analysis studies or capability studies, all of which stay with the tools that own them. It governs the program that moves between them.

A first governed gate review runs on a live program in 30 to 60 days, and the customer-specific variant your next award demands is a configuration change rather than a project.

Software is never certified against IATF 16949. Organisations are. What this does is make the documented information the standard asks for available on demand, including the evidence of closure and of updated documentation that certification bodies write up most often.

Pricing scales with the number of users rather than the number of programs, including the sub-tier suppliers who contribute readiness evidence. A 30-minute conversation with a manufacturing specialist gives you a firm number.