With 172,000 inhabitants, the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein is one of three major cities in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and an economic powerhouse in Rhineland-Palatinate, with global companies in the chemical industry located there. The city administration is split into five departments, which employ around 3,900 people. The IT Services department, with a total of 54 employees, is assigned to Department 1 and is divided into the departments New IT Solutions with Strategic Expansion, IT Process Support, Data Center Services and Network Services, SAP HCM and Reports, and IT Management. The IT Services department sees itself as a modern service provider not only for the administration, but also for the city group and the surrounding area. Management. The IT Services department sees itself as a modern service provider not only for the administration, but also for the city group and the surrounding area.