CIOs who are responsible for their company’s factories are starting to understand that they will be spending far more on data management and  analytics tools in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, and will  be using those tools for deeper insight into operations, sales and  supply chain disruptions. 

The reason that they will be doing this is  because they understand the importance of information technology and  they want to be able to enhance their ability to remotely monitor plant  equipment, which engineers had limited access to during the pandemic.  All of this is going to require a lot of changes. 

What will CIOs have to do?