Run the office
Dispatch, invoice, settle. One system.
BulkTMS is the transportation management system from this family — load building, dispatch, document capture, invoicing and driver settlement in one place, instead of a whiteboard, a spreadsheet, and a folder of BOL photos.
The loads you book here get dispatched, tracked, invoiced and settled in the same system — no re-keying a single one.
Sibling company in the BulkLoads family. Its own application, approval and terms. Signing up happens on their site.
What it does
BulkTMS, in short.
The back office, in one screen.
Dispatch board
Build loads and assign them to drivers by dragging them, then push the details to the driver's phone in one click.
Load tracking
Where every load stands from pickup to delivery, without ringing round the drivers to find out.
Invoicing from documents
Invoices generate off the paperwork the driver uploads, so billing stops waiting on a folder of photos.
Driver settlement
Percentage, per-mile and per-ton pay structures calculated automatically from the loads you already dispatched.
Margin per load
Cost tracked against revenue on each load, so an unprofitable lane shows up before the quarter does.
Connected, not siloed
ELD, accounting and compliance integrations, so the same load does not get typed into three systems.
- Building freight technology
- 16 yrs
- Loads managed a year across the family
- 450K+
- Units reachable for capacity
- 65K+
Figures published by BulkTMS.
The point at which a whiteboard stops working
One truck does not need a TMS. Somewhere between five and fifteen, the spreadsheet starts costing real money — a load gets double-booked, an invoice goes out three weeks late because nobody could find the signed BOL, and driver pay takes a full day every week to calculate because the rates are all different.
That is the job BulkTMS is built for. It is not an accounting package with a dispatch tab bolted on; the load is the unit the whole system is organised around, from the moment it is scheduled to the moment the driver is paid for it.
What it means for an open deck fleet
Flatbed dispatch carries information a van-oriented system usually has nowhere to put. Dimensions and weight distribution decide which trailer can take the load. Tarping needs to be agreed and priced before the driver arrives, not argued about at the dock. Securement requirements vary by commodity. Those details have to reach the driver's phone intact, because the driver is the one who has to make the load legal.
BulkTMS was built around bulk freight's version of the same problem — split loads, scale tickets, weights that change between origin and destination — which is the same design instinct: the freight has specifications, and the system has to carry them.
Getting in
There is no self-serve signup. It starts with a demo — thirty minutes, walked through with your own lanes and commodities rather than a canned dataset, and their team imports your drivers, customers and rate sheets rather than handing you a spreadsheet template.
BulkTMS is sold and supported by its own team. Pricing and implementation are discussed on that call.
At a glance
- Company
- BulkTMS
- What it does
- The back office, in one screen.
- Relationship
- Sibling company in the BulkLoads family. Its own application, approval and terms.
- Their site
- bulktms.com
Also in the family
One company, five other jobs.
Every unit stands on its own and has its own account. What they share is a support desk, a phone number, and people who know the freight.
Ready when you are
Get started with BulkTMS.
Opens the BulkTMS demo form. Thirty minutes, no credit card, no commitment.
Or talk to somebody: 1-800-518-9240