Which PPAP edition does this follow?

The fourth edition, second printing, November 2009. There is no fifth edition, and Ford's customer-specific requirements dated June 2026 still cite the fourth edition alongside Service PPAP first edition. Any tool or page claiming a fifth edition is wrong.

Can it handle Ford, GM and Stellantis requirements at once?

Yes, and that is usually the reason to start here. The same underlying evidence gets assembled into the pack each customer expects, so a Ford phased submission and a Stellantis process performance qualification gate draw on one governed record rather than one spreadsheet per program.

What happens when a change triggers a resubmission?

A tooling transfer, a process or material change, a new sub-supplier, or twelve months of tooling inactivity each start a new submission. Kissflow raises it against the existing record, so only the elements actually affected get reworked rather than the whole pack.

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

Get every PPAP submission ready for review

Kissflow collects, reviews and submits every PPAP element in one place. Your QMS and PLM keep the records.

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No single view across programs and plants

Each plant and program maintains its own tracker, so no one can say which submissions are at risk this month without calling every site.

Every customer wants a different pack

Each customer sets its own elements, submission levels, and phasing. Without one core process, every team rebuilds the pack its own way and nobody can compare them.

The coordination layer sits outside IT governance

PLM and QMS hold the records. The trackers, folders, and email threads that move the submission hold approval history and customer data with no access control, version history, or audit trail that IT can stand behind.

Changes create more work

A change to tooling, process, or supplier may require a new submission. Without a single record, the team cannot see which evidence must be reviewed again or across how many programs.

Supplier evidence needs follow-up

A submission can wait on a sub-tier supplier while the rest of the team is ready. Ownership and due dates need to be clear.

Delays put pressure on the launch

Qualification, reviews, and missing evidence take time. A fixed launch date leaves less room to resolve issues late.

Your teams and systems connected

One platform runs the submission. Your systems keep the records.

The teams preparing the submission

Supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, production and sub-tier suppliers work from one shared submission record.

Kissflow — The execution layer

Kissflow is the enterprise application platform that runs PPAP as one governed layerKissflow AI builds the first version of the workflow from your checklist or customer requirements document, and your team refines it in the same visual builder before it goes live.

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Your existing systems

Keep design and quality records in the systems that own them. Connect the workflow through the integrations, APIs, or webhooks agreed for your setup.

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One process for every plant, customer and program

See every submission across plants

Keep the element checklist, reviews and warrant together for every program and plant, so quality leadership sees the next step and the risk without a status call.

Run one process for every customer

Organize the workflow around the elements, submission level, and approvals each customer requires, on one core process your plants share.

Build the workflow with Kissflow AI

Describe your checklist or upload the customer requirements, and Kissflow AI generates the submission workflow, forms, and roles as a blueprint for your team to review and refine.

Audit-ready by default

Every approval, deviation, and evidence version is logged against the submission, so a customer or IATF audit starts from the record rather than a search.

Include sub-tier suppliers

Bring supplier evidence into the same workflow and make follow-up easier for your quality team.

Start with PPAP, grow on the platform

Begin with one customer submission, then run APQP, supplier corrective action, and engineering change on the same platform without a second tool.

PPAP apps, ready for your checklist

Each app ships with forms, approval logic and dashboards. In the demo, we configure it around your customer’s checklist.

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Your QMS stores each element and Teamcenter holds the design record. Neither one tells you which four of the eighteen are still outstanding two weeks before submission, chases the sub-tier evidence, or assembles the pack in the shape your customer expects. Kissflow runs those steps and records the decisions.

No. Kissflow authors nothing. It does not create or calculate dimensional results, capability studies, measurement systems analysis or FMEAs, all of which stay with the tools that own them. It governs the work of getting them done, reviewed and submitted.

Use the AIAG PPAP fourth-edition framework together with your customer's current requirements. Confirm the checklist and workflow mapping for your program during the demo.

Map the elements and submission level your customer requires into the checklist. Your customer determines what applies. Confirm the supported checklist and level for your program during the demo before selecting your first submission.

Build the workflow around each customer's evidence, review, and submission requirements. Discuss your Ford, GM or Stellantis process during the demo, including any phased submission or process qualification needs.

Review the change against your customer's requirements, then identify which elements need updating. Link the new submission to the existing evidence record so the team can see what has changed.

This workflow is built for suppliers that submit PPAPs to OEM and Tier 1 customers and collect evidence from their own sub-tier suppliers. Suppliers in automotive and mobility use it most, and the same workflow applies wherever a customer requires approval of production parts, including heavy equipment, industrial machinery, and aerospace.

Kissflow AI builds the PPAP application from a prompt or an uploaded requirements document: the data model, forms, roles, workflow steps, and navigation, as a blueprint your team reviews before anything goes live. Changes made with AI use the same audit log as manual edits, so the workflow stays inspectable and governed by your quality and IT teams.

Kissflow is a cloud platform hosted on Google Cloud Platform, with AWS as a secondary option, and offers data residency in the US, EU, APAC, and Oceania. It holds SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, and CCPA certifications, and publishes its uptime SLA at status.kissflow.com. Sub-tier suppliers see only the submissions and elements assigned to them.

Most teams start with one customer submission. 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 submission. [Rollout figure: product marketing to supply an approved timeline. The earlier 30 to 60 day promise stays out until it has evidence.

Pricing depends on the users and supplier access needed. A manufacturing specialist can prepare a quote for your submission process.