Engineering Change Lifecycle

Every engineering change is a scrap risk until the last sign-off lands.

Kissflow runs the engineering change lifecycle on one system, alongside your PLM and ERP, so the change notice generates only when every required function has cleared its gate.

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One change, five functions

A single revision to a released part touches engineering, quality, manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain before it can go live.

Change control is auditable

ISO 9001 clause 8.5.6 requires controlled change and retained documented information on who authorized it and what followed.

A missed distribution list is the costliest miss

When tooling cuts to a superseded revision, the scrap and the launch slip land together, and neither is recoverable.

Changes reopen the submission

An engineering change to a production part triggers customer notification and, in many cases, a fresh PPAP submission.

Dashboards report, workflows don't

The PLM holds the revision, while the question of who still has to sign off lives in a spreadsheet and a memory.

Email is the escalation engine

A coordinator chases five departments individually and finds out about a blocker when somebody replies.

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

Five functions, one change record, and nothing you already run has to move.

The teams running the engineering change lifecycle

Engineering, quality, manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain. Five functions, one change record.

The governed execution layer

Captures and classifies the request, runs four impact assessments in parallel, assembles one decision view for the board, and holds release until every selected readiness gate is closed by its owner.

Permits Exceptions Incidents Shutdowns Field capture Contractor access

Everything you already run

Your PLM, ERP, MES, CAD, and quality systems. API and integration connectors. Nothing existing moves.

Your PLM Your ERP MES CAD QMS

Intake

Every request enters through one front door.

Kissflow captures and classifies the request, then links it to the corrective action and part records it belongs to.

Assess

Four functions score the change before anyone votes.

Engineering, quality, procurement, and supply chain each assess cost, lead time, and risk in parallel rather than in sequence.

Decide

The board sees one matrix, not five attachments.

Kissflow assembles every assessment into a single decision view, so the board approves, defers, or returns the change on evidence.

Release

The notice generates when the last gate clears.

Each readiness gate is a task only its owning function can close, and release stays unavailable until every selected gate is in.

Intake

Every request enters through one front door.

Kissflow captures and classifies the request, then links it to the corrective action and part records it belongs to.

Assess

Four functions score the change before anyone votes.

Engineering, quality, procurement, and supply chain each assess cost, lead time, and risk in parallel rather than in sequence.

Decide

The board sees one matrix, not five attachments.

Kissflow assembles every assessment into a single decision view, so the board approves, defers, or returns the change on evidence.

Release

The notice generates when the last gate clears.

Each readiness gate is a task only its owning function can close, and release stays unavailable until every selected gate is in.

Built for how engineering change actually runs.

Six things that separate a governed change record from a chased distribution list.

An action layer, not another dashboard

Kissflow runs the cross-functional coordination that a PLM records but does not chase.

Built for change workflows

Intake, impact assessment, board review, readiness gates, and notice generation arrive configured rather than built.

Rollout in 30 to 60 days

One change type goes live in weeks, and the gate structure carries to the next without a second implementation.

Audit-ready governance built in

Every assessment, vote, and sign-off is timestamped and attributed as a by-product of doing the work.

Connects to your existing systems

Kissflow works alongside whatever you already run, across PLM, ERP, MES, CAD, and quality systems.

Built for fusion teams

Change coordinators configure the gates they own while IT retains permissions, integration, and audit control.

Award-winning 451% ROI

Nucleus Research determined that SN Aboitiz Power Group got 451% ROI and achieved payback in 2.8 months

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INDUSTRY Retail

HEADQUATERS Germany

“Advanced automation of all processes is easy to set up. I cannot imagine how to manage workflows without this software.”

Tanay Tiwary

Global Head - Digitalization & Business Improvement

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

450+

Processes automated

70%

Reduction in manual effort

Faster deployment

INDUSTRY Energy

HEADQUATERS Philippines

“Kissflow supports rapid application development by building a working application prototype in the shortest amount of time”

Maria Theresa Cabigon

CIO

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

451%

ROI achieved

2.8

Months payback period

100+

Workflows deployed

INDUSTRY IT Consulting

HEADQUATERS Germany

“Everyone uses Kissflow. It requires no previous training. The platform is very intuitive and user-friendly.”

Antonio Serpa Pinto

Head of IT

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10x

Faster app delivery

500+

Users onboarded

Training hours needed

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The questions buyers ask before the demo.

Your PLM holds the part, the revision, and the drawing, and it should keep doing that. What it rarely governs is the cross-functional coordination around a change, including which departments still owe an assessment and which readiness gates remain open. Kissflow runs that layer.

No. Your PLM, ERP, MES, and quality systems remain the system of record. Kissflow connects through API and integration connectors and runs the coordination alongside them.

One change type and one gate set go live in 30 to 60 days. Additional change types reuse the same structure rather than requiring a new implementation.

Clause 8.5.6 requires controlled change with retained documented information on the authorization and the actions arising. Kissflow timestamps and attributes every assessment, board decision, and readiness sign-off on the same record.

Yes, and that is deliberate. Gates are selected per change rather than applied uniformly. A gate that is not selected is excluded rather than auto-approved, so the record shows what was assessed and what was not.

Pricing depends on user mix across engineering, quality, procurement, and supply chain, since most reviewers need light access rather than full seats. A solution engineer can model this against your change volume and headcount.