Projects

Association initiatives and research that helps place them in a wider context.

Project initiatives

Our initiatives address operational resilience, risk assessment and scenario thinking.

01

Resilient supply chains

Supplier and route dependencies, vulnerable logistics links and responses to disruption.

18 June 2026 · Completed a supply delay exercise and prepared a dependency map and backup route shortlist.

Next milestone · 20 November 2026
Compare backup routes by cost and lead time.

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Resilient supply chains
02

Mutual review and Due Diligence 2.0

A review of business processes and risks drawing on the community’s expertise.

13 August 2026 · Held a workshop on non-financial risks and drafted partner review questions.

Next milestone · 17 December 2026
Test the questions on a case study.

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Mutual review and Due Diligence 2.0
03

Analysis and scenarios

Comparing economic, technological and regulatory changes to discuss possible decisions.

24 September 2026 · Held a scenario session and prepared three demand scenarios with early indicators.

Next milestone · 21 January 2027
Test the action plan against each scenario.

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Analysis and scenarios
04

Industrial AI

Choosing AI use cases, assessing data quality and testing solutions before operational deployment.

29 October 2026 · Selected production-line defect detection for a pilot and established baseline quality metrics.

Next milestone · 4 February 2027
Agree on data and pilot completion criteria.

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Industrial AI
05

Supplier cyber risk

Digital dependencies, supplier assessment and incident preparedness.

5 November 2026 · Drafted a digital supplier questionnaire and reviewed a cloud outage scenario.

Next milestone · 25 February 2027
Test the incident notification procedure.

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Supplier cyber risk

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