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.