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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ASURE by DCS

Services

Life Cycle Services for Material Handling Systems

ASURE (Availability, Support, Uptime, Reliability, and Expertise) is Designed Conveyor Systems’ life cycle services program built to sustain performance long-term. DCS combines preventive maintenance, technical support, workforce training, spare parts, and our proprietary CMMS software (ASURE MRO) into flexible service models aligned to mitigate your operational risk.

Available for greenfield facilities, retrofits, DCS design-build installations, or systems delivered by other integrators and OEMs, ASURE helps your automation and material handling equipment operate smarter, safer, and more reliably.

Schedule your ASURE assessment today.

ASURE: Services Built for Real-World Operations

No two sites require the same level of support. Some facilities have experienced in-house technicians and only need backup expertise. Others depend on automation as critical infrastructure where downtime simply isn’t an option. Many fall somewhere in between.

ASURE is designed to scale with your needs. Let DCS complement your team of material handling equipment (MHE) technicians by extending their capabilities, or by providing additional support and resources during peak maintenance periods and major overhauls.

Struggling to find or retain skilled technicians? ASURE provides access to experienced professionals who work with automated material handling systems every day.

Schedule your ASURE assessment today.

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What’s Included with ASURE

Your ASURE service package can combine any mix of:

Preventive & scheduled maintenance
Emergency and same-day field response (regionally deployed)
24/7 technical phone support
Resident or supplemental technicians
Spare parts management and stocking
Refresher and advanced training
System assessments
Continuous improvement recommendations
Integrated maintenance software and reporting
Your peace of mind

You choose your level of coverage. DCS helps tailor the rest.

Schedule your ASURE assessment today.

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A Smarter CMMS Without the Administrative Burden

Many operations invest in CMMS software but struggle to keep it updated. Technicians are busy. Logs live in different places. Valuable insight gets lost.

DCS’s proprietary ASURE MRO software platform was specifically designed to bring together:

Preventive maintenance records
Technician notes
Work orders
Help desk tickets
Inspection findings
Remote support activity
Visibility into DCS’s inventory of stocked spare parts
System manuals
Filtered parts lists and equipment bills of materials
Reporting and dashboards

By housing everything in one system, DCS can identify trends and correlations that are almost impossible to see when information lives in separate tools.

For example: Are repeat issues tied to a specific component? A process? A time of year? A training gap? We help you find out and fix it.

Even better? DCS helps you manage data entry during the onboarding process, removing one of the biggest obstacles to CMMS success.

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From Reactive Repair to Continuous Improvement

ASURE is not just about responding when something breaks. Through regular reviews and quarterly reporting, DCS aggregates data from maintenance activity, remote monitoring, sensor data, faults and error reporting, and service history to deliver:

Root cause insights
Reliability trends
Parts consumption patterns
Recommendations to improve uptime
Guidance on where to invest next

Let DCS convert your material handling preventive maintenance and technical support needs from a cost center into a performance strategy that enhances your bottom line.

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Spare Parts Stocked for When You Need Them

Waiting weeks for a critical component isn’t acceptable. That’s why DCS examines usage history to analyze and identify high-risk, high-value items. Then, we stock the key parts most likely to impact your operation from dozens of OEMs, including:

Allen-Bradley
Baldor
Banner
Bussmann
Cognex
Colson Casters
Dodge Bearings
Festo
Fives
Flexco
Flow-Turn
Habasit
Hytrol
Intralox
Interroll
Kaeser
Koerber
Lewco
Parker
Pioneer
Schneider
SEW Eurodrive
SICK
Siemens
Square D
Sumitomo
Talos
Turck
And many others

You’ll experience less downtime, faster recovery, and lower risk for your operations.

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Training That Keeps Pace with Turnover

New hires happen. Roles change. Knowledge walks out the door.

ASURE offers hands-on, practical training for your team — from system walkthroughs to maintenance procedures and refreshers — so operators and technicians stay confident and capable. By partnering with DCS, your team gains access to classroom sessions, hands-on training, and on-demand videos.

Curriculum includes system walkthroughs, fault recovery procedures, best practices, mechanical and electrical subsystem training, guidance through DCS’s proprietary warehouse execution system (WES) DATUM, superuser certifications and re-certifications, and much more.

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Which ASURE Level Is Right for You?

Every warehouse and distribution center relies on material handling equipment differently. That’s why ASURE packages range from foundational coverage to highly integrated partnerships that provide deep operational visibility and continuous improvement support.

The ASURE life cycle support program is designed to scale, whether you need occasional expert backup or a fully integrated material handling preventive maintenance and reliability strategy.

Here’s a simple way to think about which ASURE package might be right for your operations.

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Level 1 – Foundational Support

For operations that are largely self-sufficient.

You may be a fit for this level if:

You have an experienced in-house maintenance team.
Your material handling system is important, but not critical to shipping.
Manual workarounds (like lift trucks) can keep orders moving.
You primarily need access to expert help when unusual issues arise.

Customers at this level typically use DCS for limited field service, parts assistance, or targeted training while continuing to manage day-to-day maintenance internally.

Level 2 – Reliability Focused

When uptime starts to matter more.

You may be ready for this level if:

Downtime affects productivity or labor planning.
Your system is becoming core infrastructure.
You want more structured preventive maintenance services.
You need faster response and deeper visibility into system health.

At this stage, many organizations partner with DCS to supplement their teams, improve maintenance planning, access software and controls engineers 24/7, and reduce emergency repairs.

Level 3 – Performance & Insight Driven

For operations where interruption is expensive.

This level is often right when:

The cost of downtime is high.
You run multiple shifts or high daily volumes.
Leadership wants data to guide investment decisions.
Continuous improvement is a priority.

In addition to maintenance and support, the focus expands from fixing problems to preventing them. These customers benefit from DCS’s integrated ASURE MRO asset management system and regular technical training for operators and technicians.

Level 4 – Strategic Partnership

Maximum visibility, coordination, and optimization.

Organizations at this level typically view their automation environment as mission critical. They may require:

Advanced planning and asset management.
Deep analytics.
Proactive risk identification.
Dedicated or recurring on-site resources.
Long-term reliability strategies.

At this level, ASURE becomes an extension of the operation, aligning maintenance execution with business outcomes, peak readiness, and growth plans.

Start with an ASURE Assessment

Whether you operate a DCS system or equipment installed by another integrator, our team can review your current approach to warehouse maintenance, material handling equipment service, spare parts strategy, and technician support.

Ultimately, every facility is different. The best results come from understanding your equipment, staffing model, business priorities, and tolerance for risk.

Let DCS conduct a complimentary ASURE assessment. We’ll review your current state, identify gaps, and recommend the service level that delivers the most value. From there, we build a right-sized material handling system maintenance plan that improves reliability, safety, and performance.

Schedule your ASURE assessment today.