Custom manufacturing software, without the custom build.
Add a heat number to your jobs and print it on a traveller laid out the way your floor reads it. You do it all in Bulk's settings, and each site keeps its own setup.
Custom fields for heat numbers, drawings and certs.
Record what Bulk doesn't ship with, like a heat number or a drawing number. New jobs a field applies to pick it up at once; open jobs keep the fields they started with.
customer_drawing_noTextOrders, inbound documentsAll routingsheat_numberTextInbound items, jobsAll routingscoating_thicknessNumberInbound items, jobsPowder coatweld_procedureDropdownInbound items, jobsWelded assemblymaterial_certFileOrders, inbound documentsAll routingsOn the order or on every job
Header fields sit on the inbound document and the production order. Line fields sit on each item and job, and can be limited to the routings that need them.
Only for the customers who ask
Scope a field to the whole site or to selected customers. A field one customer needs stays off everyone else's jobs.
Checked when it is saved
A required field can't be left empty. A number carries its unit, a dropdown offers a fixed list, and text can be checked against a pattern you set.
Job numbering and travellers in your format.
Build job, order and invoice numbers from your text, the year and a sequence. Job numbers print on the travellers (travelers) you lay out in the PDF template editor.
Your fields on the traveller
Lay out each site's traveller once: your custom fields, the routing steps, sign-off boxes and the job number as a QR, Code 128 or Code 39 barcode.
Invoices stay gap-free
Invoices and credit notes default to a gap-free sequence that restarts each year, such as 2026-INV-000123, as many tax rules require.
Locked once a number is issued
Set the format before the site's first record of that type. After that it locks, and stays locked even if that record is deleted.
Automate the follow-up when jobs change.
Workflows (in beta) start from a change, such as a job being cancelled or an invoice being issued, and do the follow-up for you, like telling the planner or opening a task.
Preview before it goes live
Run a draft against a real record and see every planned step, with nothing changed.
Same rules as your people
Each action runs the same operation a person would. Status rules, validation and permissions still apply, and status changes land in the record's history.
Every run on record
Each run and step is logged. A failed step raises an incident you can retry once the cause is fixed.
Before you set it up.
Do we need custom-built software to fit how our plant works?
Usually not. In Bulk, people with the right permissions add fields, set number formats, lay out travellers and build workflows from settings screens, with no build to pay for or code to maintain. The list of job statuses stays fixed; your own process steps live in routings.
Can we keep our own job numbering?
You can keep its format but not its current count. Sequences in Bulk start at 1, and restart each year if the format includes the year. A format has up to eight segments: a two- or four-digit year, a sequence number and/or a random code, and fixed text of up to 16 characters (letters, numbers, spaces and - _ / . # :). Order, inbound document, invoice and credit note numbers must also include PRD, DOC, INV or CRN in their fixed text.
Can we add fields to parts, processes and customers too?
Yes, up to 20 per table, alongside the fields on orders and jobs. Removing a field from orders and jobs keeps the values already saved, and new records stop showing it. Removing one from parts, processes or customers clears its values.
Our second site works differently. Can one system run both?
Yes. Custom fields and dates, number formats, PDF templates and downtime reasons are set per site, and workflows are built for a site. Roles are shared across the company, and each person’s site access is set individually. See multi-site and access control.
Are workflows ready to use?
They are available now and labelled beta in the app, so screens and options can still change. Runs already under way keep the workflow version they started with.
Who can change these settings, and is it recorded?
Custom fields and number formats each have their own permissions, granted by default to the Super user, Entity admin, Manager and Master data roles. Every change to them is recorded with who made it and when; follow it in the audit trail.
Set Bulk up the way your plant works.
Start a free trial, add the custom fields your jobs need, set your own job and order numbering, and print it on your traveller. No card needed.
