We already run Teamcenter and a QMS. Why do we need Kissflow?

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.

Stellantis calls this PPQ. Is that the same as PPAP?

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.

Will this replace our PLM or QMS?

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.

How long does rollout take?

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.

Does this make us IATF 16949 compliant?

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.

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Gate readiness is hard to see

The design is in one system, approvals are in another, and the gate checklist is in a spreadsheet. Finding out what is ready takes another meeting.

Open issues lose their owner

An issue stays on the list, but its owner or due date is missing. It returns at the next review without a clear next step.

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Status reports take too much work

Program managers across plants rebuild the same status tracker and customer deck by hand, so leadership sees every program a different way and none of them live.

Supplier evidence arrives late

A sub-tier supplier's readiness evidence sits in an email thread. The team does not know what is missing until the gate review is close.

Small delays put the schedule at risk

One unresolved issue or missing approval can hold up a gate and leave less time to prepare for the next milestone.

Closure records are scattered

An action may be complete, but the approval and supporting evidence sit in files and messages outside IT governance, with no version history when a customer or auditor asks for them.

One platform runs the launch workflow. Your systems keep the records.

The people doing the work

Program management, quality, engineering, and sub-tier suppliers can see the work they own and the evidence needed for each review.

Kissflow — the execution layer

Kissflow is the enterprise application platform that runs the spreadsheet and email layer of APQP as one governed workflow.

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Your existing systems

Keep design, production, and quality records in the systems that own them. Plan the connections needed to bring those records into your launch workflow.

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Built for launch work at enterprise scale

One process for every program, plant and supplier

See every program in one view

Bring checklists, open issues and supporting evidence together across programs and plants, so leadership sees gate readiness without a status call. The status summary is drafted from live workflow data instead of rebuilt in a deck.

Make responsibility clear

Keep each issue's owner, due date, and status visible. Use routing and escalation to help work move forward.

Start with one program, grow on the platform

Begin with a defined workflow on one program, then run every launch, the PPAP submission that follows, supplier corrective action, and engineering change on the same platform.

Governed and audit-ready

Every approval, owner, date, and evidence file is logged against the gate as work happens, under access controls IT can stand behind. When a customer or auditor asks why a gate was approved, the answer comes from the decision and the evidence supporting it.

Work alongside your core systems

Keep the tools your teams use for design and quality work. Connect the launch workflow around them based on your integration needs.

Include sub-tier suppliers

Bring evidence of supplier readiness into the shared process. Agree access and licensing needs as part of the setup.

APQP apps, ready for your gates

Each app ships with forms, approval logic and dashboards. In the demo, we map it to your phases and gates.

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Track every APQP phase and gate, from concept through launch.

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NPI Gate Review & Readiness Authorization

Governed readiness authorization for every NPI gate review.

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PPAP Submission Management

Build the customer pack and track it from element to sign-off.

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Governance sits on top of enterprise-grade security

Governance is the visibility and control layer. Security is the infrastructure layer beneath it.

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If gate reviews, issue follow-up, or supplier evidence still move through email and spreadsheets, Kissflow brings that work into one governed workflow alongside your existing systems. Teamcenter and your QMS keep the records. Kissflow runs the process between them, and the same platform runs PPAP, supplier corrective action, and engineering change.

Do not assume they are interchangeable. Use your customer's current definitions, evidence requirements, and gate timing when planning the workflow. Bring your PPQ and PPAP requirements to the demo so the scope can be mapped clearly.

No. Your existing tools continue to create and hold engineering and quality records. Kissflow coordinates the reviews, issues, evidence, and submissions that move between teams.

Most teams start with one gate review on one program. Kissflow AI generates the first version of the workflow from your checklist, your team refines it, and system connections are agreed before the first live review.

A workflow does not establish compliance on its own. Kissflow keeps approvals, closure evidence and supporting records together. Your quality team should confirm that the process and records meet the requirements that apply to your organization.

The evidence collected and approved through the APQP gates feeds the PPAP submission. On Kissflow, both run on the same platform, so the launch record carries into the submission without re-collecting the pack.

Kissflow AI builds the launch workflow from a prompt or an uploaded requirements document, as a blueprint your team reviews before anything goes live, and AI changes use the same audit log as manual edits. In the running workflow, AI assists with readiness summaries, overdue flags, and evidence checks; a person stays accountable for every gate decision. Kissflow is hosted on Google Cloud Platform, with AWS as secondary, offers data residency in the US, EU, APAC and Oceania, and holds SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR and CCPA certifications.

Discuss your programs, internal users, and supplier participation with a manufacturing specialist. Confirm the access and licensing required before agreeing to the quote.

Yes, the workflow is mapped to the five AIAG APQP phases and their gates. Confirm the gate checklists and any edition-specific requirements during the demo. Your quality team should review that configuration against the APQP process and customer requirements you use.