The 2025 Pulse of Quality in Manufacturing Survey Report

A Q1 2025 survey of 750 global quality professionals revealed some alarming insights about the gap between perceived and actual quality in manufacturing, including:

• 70% of manufacturers report that labor shortages are affecting their company. 
  
• 75% of manufacturers have experienced a product recall in the past five years (up from 73% in 2024)
• 48% say safety incidents have increased over the past five years. 

Find out what your peers are thinking and doing about labor shortages, safety events, recalls, supplier quality, the advent of AI and more in this current market survey.