Manufacturing

Eighteen elements, six inboxes, one launch date

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

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8+ weeks — Per supplier, per part

Qualification cycles run past eight weeks a supplier while the launch date does not move. Source: Kissflow field research, Detroit manufacturing cluster, June 2026

125 — Measurements before you submit

Ford wants capability from 25 subgroups of five parts, statistically stable and normally distributed. Source: Ford Customer-Specific Requirements for PPAP, effective 15 June 2026

Every customer differs

Ford wants phased PPAP and an ePSW, and your next customer wants something else.

Small changes trigger resubmits

A tooling move, a process change or twelve months inactive all start it again.

Sub-tier proof is contractual

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

No margin for an escape

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

PPAP runs on a shared drive and a chase list

Truth 1 — Your QMS stores elements, it does not chase them

The quality system holds each document faithfully and never tells you which four of the eighteen are still outstanding.

Truth 2 — The pack gets rebuilt for every customer

The same dimensional results and capability studies get retyped into a different template for each OEM you supply.

Truth 3 — Transcription is where the errors enter

Data copied by hand from a CMM report into a submission spreadsheet is the step that gets a package sent back.

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

Kissflow collects the eighteen elements, routes the reviews and assembles the pack. SAP, Teamcenter and your QMS stay the systems of record.

Experience — The teams doing the work

Supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, production and sub-tier. One shared record.

Kissflow — The execution layer

Routing, escalation, evidence and governance in one layer.

Element tracking Sub-tier evidence Reviews Deviations PSW routing Customer packs

Systems of record — Everything you already run

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

SAP QAD Teamcenter Opcenter MES QMS

Why supplier quality engineers pick Kissflow

Kissflow checks all the boxes to be your complete transformation platform

01 — Not another QMS module

Track all eighteen elements, the reviews behind them and the warrant in one place.

02 — Built for PPAP workflows

Element checklists, submission levels, deviations and PSW routing from day one.

03 — 30 to 60 day rollout

Run one governed submission in weeks, without touching your QMS roadmap.

04 — One evidence set, many packs

Assemble a Ford phased submission and a Stellantis PPQ gate from one record.

05 — System integrations

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

06 — Reaches your sub-tier

Tier 2 suppliers submit their 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

PPAP and supplier submission questions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.