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Your Engineers Are Spending

4+ Hours a Week on Procurement.

The 2026 State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Report surveyed 300+ hardware engineers and product leaders. The data is clear: engineering bandwidth — not design complexity — is the #1 bottleneck slowing hardware teams down.

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83%

of engineers spend 4+ hours every week on supplier sourcing, quoting, and quality management

81%

of manufacturing leaders say supplier sourcing and management is too time-consuming

93%

say engineering productivity would improve if they could offload sourcing

Source: 2026 State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Report, Fictiv x MISUMI. Survey of 300+ manufacturing and supply chain leaders.

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