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Rutrans moves from AccountView to AFAS.
And takes technical knowledge online.

Rutrans, based in Amsterdam, has specialised in industrial hoses, couplings and flow technology since 1982. Solvaters implements AFAS Profit as the new foundation. PLGGR prepares the digital sales side, with PLGGR |⁠ PIM, PLGGR |⁠ HUB and a Shopify webshop that can carry the technical depth of the range.

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The company

A specialist since 1982

Rutrans started in 1982 as Technisch Handelsbureau Rutrans VOF and grew into a specialist supplier of hoses and fittings. Since 1998 the company has been based in Amsterdam.

The range runs from industrial, hydraulic and plastic hoses to couplings, valves, pumps, pneumatics, measurement and control, and fire protection. Hoses are assembled in its own assembly hall, fitted on site, and inspected, tested and certified. Mobile service vans solve problems at customers on the spot.

Markets

  • Petrochemicals
  • Industrial cleaning
  • Tank transport
  • Construction and industry
  • Agriculture
  • Hydraulics
  • Food
  • Maritime and offshore
The challenge

A customer is not looking for a hose, but for the right hose.

Which hose fits depends on a set of technical properties. The knowledge behind the range matters as much as the product itself.

What the choice depends on

  • Application
  • Medium
  • Pressure
  • Temperature
  • Material
  • Diameter
  • Coupling

A regular webshop can do little with that. Product information has to be structured, reliable and usable here, for customers and for the organisation itself.

Who does what

Two specialisms, one programme

Solvaters

AFAS as the foundation

Solvaters implements AFAS Profit and strengthens the administrative and operational foundation of Rutrans.

  • Migration from AccountView to AFAS Profit
  • Administrative and operational foundation
  • A base for the further development of the organisation
PLGGR

The commercial and digital side

PLGGR looks at the next step: an e-commerce strategy and a digital environment that fit the complexity and technical knowledge of Rutrans.

  • PLGGR |⁠ PIM for structured, technical product information
  • PLGGR |⁠ HUB for the integrations
  • A Shopify webshop for a technical range

How Solvaters and PLGGR work together

Where it stands

First the foundation, then the sales

  1. In progress Solvaters

    AFAS Profit

    The migration from AccountView to AFAS lays a modern foundation for the further development of the organisation.

  2. In preparation PLGGR

    E-commerce and product information

    The e-commerce strategy is being built around what sets Rutrans apart: breadth, technical depth and advice.

Technology does not replace the expertise of Rutrans. It makes that expertise available more widely, faster and more consistently.

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  • Rutrans, based in Amsterdam, has specialised in industrial hoses, couplings and flow technology since 1982, with a broad range, technical advice, assembly, certification and service.
  • From AccountView to AFAS Profit. Solvaters handles the AFAS implementation.
  • PLGGR prepares the digital sales side with PLGGR |⁠ PIM, PLGGR |⁠ HUB and a Shopify webshop, set up for a technical range.
  • Which hose fits depends on application, medium, pressure, temperature, material, diameter and coupling. Product information therefore has to be structured and reliable, for customers and for the organisation itself.
  • The migration to AFAS Profit is in progress. The e-commerce strategy is in preparation.
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