2025 Edition
State of Software Supply Chain
Based on insights from around 500 IT professionals and 50+ follow-up interviews, this report explores the real-world challenges of software supply chain management. From overloaded backlogs and late-breaking delays to misaligned expectations and visibility gaps, the findings reveal why security issues often stem from deeper delivery problems—and what teams can do about it.
Report: State of Software Supply Chain Management 2025
This report presents findings from our 2025 survey of around 500 IT professionals, supplemented by 50+ in-depth follow-up interviews. It offers a practical look at how software delivery is managed today—and how delivery challenges often lead directly to security and reliability risks.
We targeted IT professionals in roles such as software development, DevOps engineering, platform engineering, engineering managers, CTOs, and CISOs—primarily those working at small to mid-sized companies in industries outside of tech. Our goal was to focus on the “volume zone”—the early and late majority of companies building software under real-world constraints.
The survey included:
- 11 questions to establish organizational context: company size, industry, number of developers, architecture, tech stack, and internal application portfolio.
- 15+ questions focused on software supply chain challenges: release cadence, stability, communication, process governance, visibility, automation, and coordination.
To go beyond the quantitative data, we conducted follow-up interviews with over 50 respondents. These conversations helped us explore the “why” behind the survey responses and uncovered recurring themes we wouldn’t have seen from the numbers alone.
Author
Inedo Team
Published on
May 30, 2025
Pages
25
