IFS x hatch: let the challenge begin

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, is partnering with Hatch to enable the 6-week ChallengerX Incubator programme - Sri Lanka’s first AI-Machine learning Incubator.

IFS has the leading tech stack for Scheduling and Service Management. As experts in the industry, IFS is continuously looking to innovate and improve its platform’s service experience.

The incubation programme aims to drive innovation within Sri Lanka’s growing technology industry by providing a new opportunity for entrepreneurial talent. With a proven commitment to the industry and over 20 years of operating in Sri Lanka, IFS is dedicated to investing in the Sri Lankan technology landscape. Together with Hatch’s record in purpose driven open innovation in Sri Lanka and IFS’s support, ChallengerX is the perfect environment for collaboration, success, and innovation.

Taking advantage of the exceptional network in Sri Lanka, the ChallengerX Programme will look at enhancing IFS’s Field Service Management Tool (WISE) capabilities.

The What If Scenario Explorer (WISE) is used for forecasting resource requirements or KPIs for different business scenarios for organizations with a serviceoriented mobile workforce. The Incubator will focus on improving Predictive Modelling systems capable of minimizing supply chain damage in the service industry caused by unforeseen circumstances, such as natural disasters.

Speaking about the partnership Ranil Rajapakse, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, IFS Sri Lanka Operations, said “As one of the largest IT companies in Sri Lanka we wanted to be part of this, we felt that we had a duty as well to invest in this thriving tech ecosystem.

So to do that, we saw some good synergies between IFS and Hatch to work on a common set of problems and build solutions,”