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Package Handling
DCS’s design and engineering team has more than 40 years of experience creating unique parcel handling systems for diverse customer applications. With installations including semi-automated handling in small city distribution centers and fully automated, integrated hubs with advanced conveyor and sorter equipment, DCS routinely thinks outside the box.
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E-Commerce Multi Channel Fullfillment
E-Commerce and Multi-Channel Fulfillment
DCS designs and implements end-to-end warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce and multi-channel retailers that address numerous workflow challenges. This includes solutions for receiving, putaway, storage, replenishment, order fulfillment, picking, packing, sortation, and outbound shipping. Our custom integrated warehouse, distribution, and fulfillment systems draw from a deep pool of conventional, semi-automated, and automated material handling technologies.
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Various Distribution Applications
Whether an operation is considering the construction of a new distribution or fulfillment center, or a retrofit or expansion of an existing facility, it’s important to create a solution that fits the overarching supply chain strategy. DCS has four decades of experience designing and integrating comprehensive, end-to-end material handling solutions that meet a multitude of operational goals. Whether conventional, semi-automated, or fully automated, DCS can help your organization implement a custom solution that meets its goals while maximizing return on investment (ROI).
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Consulting
Supply Chain Consulting
The DCS Supply Chain Consulting team offers a range of services to help your operations address the challenges it faces. Working in partnership with you, DCS consultants analyze your business data- existing workforce, workflow processes, inventory, order data, operations, and more- to determine a strategy that addresses your unique needs. Whether you need an operations assessment, process improvement recommendations, or distribution design services, DCS consultants will help guide you to the material handling system or operational solution that best meets your current and future needs, as well as your budget.
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Customer Support
Customer Support
Keeping your warehouse operations and material handling systems running smoothly and at the peak of productivity are the goals of DCS’ Customer Service Team. By partnering with DCS, your warehouse automation solution is supported from commissioning to end of life. You’ll receive comprehensive in-house training of your personnel, including specialized training of your designated internal system expert. Plus, DCS offers a complete package of spare parts and expert system troubleshooting support from qualified engineers dedicated to your installation.
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System Design and Integration
System Design & Integration
DCS offers a broad range of material handling equipment and automated system design, installation, and integration services for a multitude of projects. These include retrofits, expansions, upgrades, and more. While every project is unique, our system design and execution processes are the same, encompassing meticulous attention to detail, frequent communication, and a dedicated partnership with our clients.
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Lifecycle Services
Stop reactive repairs. Lifecycle Services provides expert preventive maintenance and 24/7 technical support to protect your automation and MHE availability.
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Life Science & Healthcare
Pharmaceutical, healthcare, and life science companies face mounting pressure from evolving regulatory requirements, rising fulfillment costs, and intensifying accuracy demands. In this environment, automation isn’t optional—it’s essential. Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) helps distributors of these critical products stay compliant and competitive.
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Pet Food
Pet food distribution operations are anything but standard. From bulky kibble bags to delicate fish tanks, stock keeping unit (SKU) complexity and fulfillment pressure are always on the rise. Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) partners with leading pet retailers to design and engineer automation, software, and material handling systems that keep operations agile, accurate, and ready for what’s next.
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Home Improvement
When your distribution center handles everything from hammers to hot tubs, operational complexity isn’t a challenge—it’s your daily reality. Home improvement retailers face intense pressure to meet rising consumer expectations across multiple channels—from in-store pickups to last-mile delivery. At Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS), we specialize in engineering material handling and automation solutions that help home improvement distribution centers keep pace, reduce cost, and drive accuracy at scale.
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Sporting Goods
Navigating the unique demands of the sporting goods retail industry requires a distribution strategy that’s both agile and precise. From handling seasonal surges to managing a diverse range of products—from bulky equipment to small accessories—your warehouse operations are the key to a seamless customer experience. Our expertise helps sporting goods retailers streamline their distribution warehouses, improving order accuracy, boosting productivity, and ensuring your team can efficiently move products from the receiving dock to the final customer, no matter the season.
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Footwear
In the fast-paced world of footwear retail requires a distribution strategy that can handle a vast array of styles, sizes, and seasonal trends with precision and speed. From managing a high volume of SKUs to ensuring accurate order fulfillment and returns processing, your distribution center is the engine that drives customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. Our expertise helps footwear retailers streamline their distribution centers, improving inventory management, accelerating order processing, and ensuring your team can efficiently move products from the receiving dock to the final customer, no matter the season.
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Wholesale & Industrial Distribution
Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) partners with wholesale, industrial, and electronics distributors to design efficient, optimized fulfillment solutions. Every operation DCS designs streamlines end-to-end functional processes—from inbound receiving and putaway to picking, packing, and shipping. Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) partners with wholesale, industrial, and electronics distributors to design efficient, optimized fulfillment solutions. Every operation DCS designs streamlines end-to-end functional processes—from inbound receiving and putaway to picking, packing, and shipping.
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About Us
Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) has 40 years of experience serving major clients in multiple industries by providing material handling, full-scale warehouse operations, and conveyor design solutions that are custom crafted for their needs. DCS does not sell ready-made conveyor systems but builds relationships that empower collaboration to craft custom warehouse designs together. DCS utilizes consulting, engineering design, project management, installation services, and client support to ensure our customers can keep their promises to deliver on time.
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With more than 40 years of experience providing automated system design, installation, and integration services, DCS has created solutions for companies throughout the United States in a broad range of industries and markets. We’ve completed more than 1500 projects ranging from greenfield facilities with completely new systems to expansions and retrofits of existing operations.
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Pet Food Retail Distribution

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Pet Retail Distribution

DCS Unleashes Smarter, More Efficient Fulfillment

Pet retail distribution operations come with unique challenges that set them apart from standard supply chain models. From bulky kibble bags to delicate fish tanks, stock keeping unit (SKU) complexity and fulfillment pressure are always on the rise. Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) partners with leading pet retailers to design and engineer automation, software, and material handling systems that keep operations agile, accurate, and ready for what’s next.

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Challenges Facing Pet Retail Distribution

Team Formation
Inefficient Labor Allocation

Staffing pet retail distribution facilities can be both challenging and inefficient. Flexibly allocating labor to meet omnichannel service level agreements (SLAs) for retail replenishment and e-commerce order fulfillment can be a real beast. By enhancing your operational visibility, DCS can help optimize where your labor is best utilized throughout each shift.

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SKU Volume & Packaging Variety

Between toys, treats, food, grooming supplies, and seasonal items, SKU volume is exploding. Carton sizes are inconsistent. And the product mix is unusual—heavy bags, odd-shaped crates, temperature-sensitive SKUs, and fragile aquariums. Let DCS design and engineer a solution that optimizes diverse inventory profiles and streamlines storage and handling processes.

Conventional Material Handling
Outdated OEM Systems

Many pet retail DCs rely on legacy systems built around specific vendors that no longer support their current dynamic needs. Inflexible software, hardware, and controls platforms hamper performance and efficiency. By leveraging a best-in-class solution from DCS, you’ll gain a modernized operation and OEM independence.

Conveyor & Sortation Systems
Compliance & Traceability

With food safety regulations and product recalls, pet retail DCs need item-level traceability and order-level visibility across every order and location. DCS’ proprietary warehouse execution system (WES), DATUM, enables pinpoint traceability, enabling your operation to quickly locate and isolate problematic inventory.

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How DCS Delivers for  Pet Retail

DATUM: Open Architecture WES

DCS’ WES, DATUM, integrates with any warehouse management system (WMS), including legacy, commercial, or home-grown. It expands your visibility from inbound receiving to outbound shipping, while allowing your pet retail distribution operation to detach from OEM constraints.

Heavy, Bulky, and Fragile Product

From 50-pound kibble bags to glass tanks, DCS designs handling systems that protect your inventory and your people. Ergonomic picking solutions, gentle conveyance, and smart slotting reduce damage and fatigue.

Modular Automation that Scales

Whether you’re shifting away from outsourced distribution or expanding your existing fulfillment network, DCS uses a modular design strategy to deploy a scalable, best-in-class solution. Your automation, robotics, conveyors, and sorters will be custom engineered to your operational needs, not tied to a single vendor.

Labor Efficiency & Network Strategy

The DCS consulting team performs a data-driven analysis of your labor placement, flow design, and throughput performance. This assessment will reduce dead zones and improve pick density—not by adding people, but by better leveraging the ones you have.

Network-Wide Repeatability

DCS builds systems that replicate. Whether it’s your flagship DC or your fifth facility, your modular design solution and software will scale with you—without reinventing the wheel.

Connect with DCS

From temperature-controlled food to high-velocity direct-to-consumer fulfillment, DCS is ready to help you modernize your pet retail distribution operations with systems that grow with you. Let’s build a fulfillment strategy that’s leaner, smarter, and ready for whatever walks through your warehouse doors. Schedule a consultation.

Service Offerings

Supply Chain Consulting
Customer Service
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Consulting
Supply Chain Consulting Services

The DCS supply chain consulting team offers a range of services to help your operations address the challenges it faces. The team combines decades of consulting expertise with DCS’s industry-leading systems integration and automation capabilities.

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Customer Support
End-to-End Customer Service and Support

Keeping your warehouse operations and material handling systems running smoothly and at the peak of productivity are the goals of DCS’ Customer Service Team. By partnering with DCS, your warehouse automation solution is supported from commissioning to end of life. You’ll receive comprehensive in-house training of your personnel, including specialized training of your designated internal system expert. Plus, DCS offers a complete package of spare parts and expert system troubleshooting support from qualified engineers dedicated to your installation.

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Custom Automated System Design and Integration

DCS offers a broad range of services including automated system design, installation, and integration services for a multitude of projects. These include retrofits, expansions, upgrades, and more. While every project is unique, our system design and execution processes are the same, encompassing meticulous attention to detail, frequent communication, and a dedicated partnership with our clients.

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