Coronavirus outbreak pushes up demand for scenario planning by IT firms

Global retail, manufacturing, pharma firms turn to AI-led simulation services to better anticipate the future

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It’s not only mid-tier IT firms such as ITC Infotech that are undertaking this simulation work

Debasis Mohapatra Bengaluru
Amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has severely affected the operations of global enterprises, global companies are asking Indian information technology (IT) services companies for their help for scenario planning using simulation to better prepare for the fallout of the crisis.

Scenario planning is the analysis and understanding of the latest trends to develop several plausible future scenarios that may help to identify how to be well-prepared to deal with what might happen.

First Published: Apr 12 2020 | 6:11 PM IST

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