Q.Beyond Accesses Logistics Market and Wins Major Customer
May 05, 2021 at 11:30 pm EDT
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q.beyond AG is accessing another market shaped by medium-sized players, in this case logistics. Germany has almost 15,000 small and medium-sized logistics companies and q.beyond will offer its turnkey IT services to this new target group. The key focus will be on providing fully equipped digital workplaces, including sector-specific applications that can be made available worldwide in just a few hours. Turnkey IT services for the logistics sector: q.beyond will in future pool activities in what will be its fourth focus sector alongside retail, manufacturing and energy in a separate company. This will offer the full portfolio of services expected of an IT service provider - from consulting for the CargoWise logistics solution and SAP BI/BW/Finance to the full operation of global cloud infrastructures and data integration services through to a global 24/7 helpdesk. With the long-established Bremen company R-hlig Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, q.beyond will have a major customer and partner right from the outset. The international owner-operated specialist for intercontinental sea freight, air freight and contract logistics, which has more than 2,200 employees in 150 offices in 35 countries, has commissioned q.beyond to advance its "R-hlig Digital Strategy". Alongside customary IT operations topics, q.beyond will also support R-hlig in expanding the central CargoWise system, the system platform for contract logistics, in SAP Finance topics, and in tackling data analytics challenges. The contract has a five-year term and a mid double-digit million euro volume. Development of platform-based innovations: Furthermore, R-hlig has long been developing software for logistics with its own team. Together, R-hlig and q.beyond now aim to press ahead with developing platform-based innovations for the logistics sector. Among other aspects, this will require digital solutions for tracking consignments and for setting quotas, making entries and handling payments.
q.beyond AG is a Germany-based company engaged in the providing digital solutions. The Company offers cloud management, Systems Applications and Products (SAP), Internet of things (IoT), and other information technology (IT) services. The Company operates in two segments: Cloud & IoT and SAP. The Cloud & IoT segment include IT outsourcing, private enterprise cloud, multi cloud, digital workplace and German data centers, as well as consulting, software development, hardware provision, customer-specific IoT platforms and security and connectivity. The SAP segment focuses on the operation and management of SAP application. Its customers include small- to mid-size enterprises (SME).