About BFC Software: Company and Product Milestones
BFC Software, founded in 1994 by Lyle Castle to serve food distribution, has developed and launched a series of specialized solutions including TruckBuilder®, Dakota WMS, Deliver, Dock, Select, and LoadBuilder|LoadPlanner, expanded through strategic investments and acquisitions such as Herlitz Inventory Management and Syntelic Solutions, and currently supports over 300 live locations, handling more than 50% of foodservice distribution case volume with a team boasting over 85 years of combined food distribution experience.
- Company and product milestones
- Acquisitions
- 1.
1994
Built for food distribution
Founder Lyle Castle and BFC Software win their first food distributor customer with the inception of TruckBuilder®
- 2.
2004
Major Distributor launches Dakota WMS
City Line launches a purpose-built warehouse management solution.
- 3.
2011
Deliver launches
A real-time, off the truck delivery and scanning solution.
- 4.
2021
Dock is born
An efficient inbound scheduling and management tool.
- 5.
2022
Select launches
Improves selection accuracy and productivity.
- 6.
2023
Investment from M33 Growth
Strategic investment to expand the optimization suite and deepen customer partnerships.
- 7.
2024
Herlitz Inventory Management
Acquired to add demand forecasting and order optimization.
- 8.
2025
Syntelic Solutions
Acquired to add transportation routing, load planning, dispatch planning and analytics.
- 9.
2026
LoadBuilder | LoadPlanner launch
Takes transportation to the next level of optimization.
- 10.
Today
300+
locations taken live by our implementation team.
BFC TODAY
- 50%+
of foodservice distribution case volume is actively built by BFC Software.
- 85+
combined years of food distribution experience on our implementation team.
- 30+
years built for one thing: food distribution.