Manufacturing Survey Report
Did you know your crew may have warned you about your last breakdown before it happened?
Relay surveyed 500 U.S. manufacturing professionals, from frontline workers to executives, to find out how information moves on the floor and what gaps cost your plant in downtime, repair time, and rework.
56%
take four minutes or more to log a single issue
38%
36%
take an hour or more to clear a breakdown
FREE REPORT
Why Your Downtime Report and Your Floor Disagree
2026 • 38 pages
Downtime reports show what broke and when, but the reason it broke often never gets documented. Operators notice problems early and mention them out loud, and sensors flag issues too, but neither warning tends to reach someone who can act in time.
A LOOK INSIDE
See what you’re getting
38 pages of findings, charts, and six practical changes you can act on.
THE NUMBERS
The numbers you need to know
56%
38%
36%
34%
Your crew already knows why things break.
See why reason codes rarely explain a failure, why logging gets skipped on busy shifts, and how to get alerts to the person who can fix the problem.
Get the findings and six practical changes to cut repeat failures and shorten repairs.