Blog · a series
The suite on film
Each product in the Rutba Suite filmed at work in a business that needs it: a corner shop, a wholesaler, a takeaway, a garden centre, a furniture workshop and a building firm, all invented, with the records made up and the film followed step by step.
11 parts · about 26 minutes to read them all
Part 1 · 3 min read
Ten films of the Rutba Suite at work, each run by an invented business
Ten short films now show the Rutba Suite doing a day’s work: a corner shop, a wholesaler, a takeaway, a garden centre, a furniture workshop and a building firm, all invented, each using the apps for what that business actually needs.
Part 2 · 2 min read
Rutba Books on film: an invoice paid, the suppliers settled and the year so far
A four and a half minute film follows the books of Northbank Trading, an invented wholesaler: what is owed both ways, a payment recorded against an invoice, supplier bills settled, cash flow weeks ahead, and an income statement read from the ledger.
Part 3 · 3 min read
Rutba Commerce on film: a corner shop’s website, its catalogue and its till
A three and a half minute film follows Larkspur Corner Store, an invented shop, from its website through the CMS behind it to a cash sale at the till and the day’s takings. Every price and stock figure on the way comes from one catalogue.
Part 4 · 2 min read
Rutba CRM on film: leads, calls and a late delivery on one customer record
A three minute film follows the sales team of Northbank Trading, an invented wholesaler, from a board of leads to a logged call, then a customer’s question about a late order answered in Helpdesk, with every step landing on the same contact page.
Part 5 · 3 min read
Rutba Facilities on film: a workshop’s assets, its lease and a contractor turned away
A four minute film follows Granite and Grain, an invented furniture workshop: one register of everything it owns, the cover on each thing, the lease and its dates, and a fault that cannot go to an electrician whose insurance has lapsed.
Part 6 · 2 min read
Rutba Fleet on film: which vans may go out, and the lorry the wrong licence cannot take
A three and a half minute film follows Kilnside Builders, an invented building firm with seven vehicles: a board of what is legal to go out, a tipper kept in by lapsed insurance, and a lorry check-out refused because the licence does not cover it.
Part 7 · 2 min read
Rutba Inventory on film: a warehouse from goods in to buying again
A three minute film follows Northbank Trading, an invented wholesaler, through its stock, a warehouse laid out to the bin, a delivery received against its order, a draft purchase for what has run out, and the stock valued at cost.
Part 8 · 2 min read
Rutba Manufacturing on film: a walnut table released to the floor, and what it costs
A five minute film follows Granite and Grain, an invented furniture maker, as a work order is released with its bill pinned and its standard cost known, Planning shows the finishing room over its hours, and Quality and Maintenance keep the line honest.
Part 9 · 2 min read
Rutba Orders on film: a takeaway’s order from the board to the customer’s door
A three minute film follows one order at Saffron Lane, an invented takeaway that delivers its own food: across the order board, packed in Dispatch, onto a rider’s run, signed for at the door, and followed by the customer on a tracking page with no account.
Part 10 · 2 min read
Rutba People on film: leave, the time clock, the pay run and the hiring board
A four minute film follows Wrenmoor Garden Centre, an invented business with a nursery and a cafe, through a leave approval, a tablet paired as the staff clock, a clock-in that reaches HR at once, the payroll, a payslip and a Christmas vacancy.
Part 11 · 3 min read
Rutba Sign on film: understand the paper, then draft it for the place it is for
A five minute film walks through the public Rutba Sign site as a person holding a document would: the guides on what can be signed electronically and what makes a signature hold up, then a drafting wizard that starts from the place a document is for.
