RESPIRE: Rethinking the management of unexpected events for resilient and sustainable production

Purpose and goal

RESPIRE aims for enhanced crisis management of unexpected events related to production by identifying and sharing best practices and lessons learned across sectors. Manufacturing SMEs improve their production system resilience, and societal disaster management actors like humanitarian, military, and national can upgrade their professional processes. Industrial and societal preparedness on resources and information will be built by identifying potential areas of mutual benefit to share resources, surpluses, and operations shift during unexpected events.

Expected effects and result

Lessons learned and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing between manufacturing SMEs and partnering organizations. A survey report benchmarking the supply chain resilience of the Swedish manufacturing firms in their response to Covid-19. A method and blueprint to support decisions and activities for crisis management combined with an analysis of their sustainability impact. Integrated experiences from the humanitarian and disaster management logistics for enhanced preparedness and management. Identification of how to use surpluses compatible with the needs of other sectors.

Planned approach and implementation

The collaboration and relations between the research institutions and organizations are already established through previous and ongoing projects. The company partners will be able to test and apply the research results directly in their operations. An improved crisis management model could be practiced in real-time at the partners. A separate work package aims to spread knowledge about the results widely in the Swedish industry.