ETQ surveyed 750 quality pros in the U.S. and Europe to discover the trends, issues and challenges that they face daily. Survey respondents came from a range of industries including Heavy manufacturing, Electronics/Appliances, Medical Devices, Pharma/Life science, Food & Bev, Chemicals & Agroscience, Logistics & Distributions, Transportation, Automotive, Aero/Defense, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing.
- 70% of respondents said their company is impacted by a labor shortage
- 88% said the labor shortage has had an impact on the quality of their products or services
- 75% of respondents said their company had a product recall in the past five years (a slight increase from 2024)
- 49% of respondents plan to deploy AI within the next two years (up from 47% in 2024)
- 33% are already using AI
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