Test circuit for wire harness

[goatmeat]

I have an R&D project, where the objective is to test multiple conductors on a wire harness with a voltage source. One particular harness has 16 conductors all pin to pin. There are thousands of these harnesses, and I am looking at building a test fixture to test them in the quickest way possible. I have thought about using a PLC, but I am really getting stumped, thinking there must be an easy way. Any Ideas?

 

[klaxon]

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