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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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Projects
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.
Upcoming Events
Designed Conveyor Systems values building strong relationships with our clients. Join us at our upcoming events to collaborate and discover how we can design a custom warehouse solution tailored to your unique needs.
Designed Conveyor Systems Debuts New Multi-Agent Orchestration Features in DATUM™ WES at MODEX 2026
Designed Conveyor Systems Debuts New Multi-Agent Orchestration Features in DATUM™ WES at MODEX 2026
New functions coordinate a unified mix of people and automation to create intelligent flow and predictive throughput. Additionally, DCS will present an education session highlighting successful DATUM deployments at MEYN Americas and Journey’s that leverage multi-agent orchestration.
Franklin, Tenn. – February 9, 2026 – Material handling systems integrator Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) will showcase new functionality in its proprietary DATUM warehouse execution system (WES) software at MODEX, April 13-16, 2026. The exhibit, in Booth 15511 in Hall B of the Georgia World Congress Center, will highlight DATUM’s multi-agent orchestration capabilities.
“As fulfillment operations scale automation with faster shuttles, autonomous robots, and higher-density storage, many facilities still struggle to achieve consistent throughput,” explained Justin Ray, Principal, Software, DCS. “Equipment is no longer the biggest constraint we see in operations today. Instead, it’s flow. Static execution rules, wave-based releases, and siloed control systems often create congestion, starvation, and variability that limit performance even in highly automated environments.”
At MODEX, DCS will demonstrate how the new multi-agent orchestration (MAO) features integrated into DATUM create a unified mix of people and automation. This transforms different systems and workflows into a coordinated, intelligent operation capable of delivering predictive throughput.
“Flow intelligence fundamentally changes how work moves through a fulfillment operation,” Ray continued. “Instead of reacting to bottlenecks after throughput degrades, multi-agent orchestration enables the system to anticipate constraints and continuously rebalance work across people and automation in real time.”
FROM LOCAL DECISIONS TO SYSTEM-WIDE MULTI-AGENT ORCHESTRATION
Traditional warehouse control strategies optimize locally—conveyors release cartons when they can, picking zones work independent queues, and labor reacts to visible congestion. While logical in isolation, these decisions often fail to coordinate flow across the entire operation.
DATUM WES with multi-agent orchestration replaces fragmented execution with coordinated control. Specialized agents represent flow zones, resources, buffers, and operational objectives. Working collaboratively, they dynamically determine:
- When and where work should be released.
- How priorities should shift as conditions change.
- Which resources should be assigned or reassigned to maintain balanced workflows.
Multi-agent orchestration shifts execution from asset utilization to flow optimization. It ensures work moves through the operation at the rate required to meet throughput, service-level, and peak-volume goals.
PREDICTIVE INSIGHT, UNIFIED RESOURCES, AND MEASURABLE RESULTS IN A WAREHOUSE EXECUTION SYSTEM
Flow intelligence combines continuous monitoring, predictive modeling, and historical analysis to give operations visibility into both current performance and future risk. By comparing modeled versus actual performance across all flow zones, DATUM predicts completion times, required rates, and resource needs to protect throughput before service levels are impacted.
“Via its MAO capabilities, DATUM coordinates a unified mix of people, conveyors, robots, and automation under a single execution model,” noted Ray. “Humans and machines are no longer managed as separate systems, but as a coordinated resource network aligned around shared operational objectives.”
DCS PRESENT ON-FLOOR EDUCATION SESSIONS
In addition to its MODEX display, DCS will present an on-floor education session: “Multi-Agent Orchestration: The New Standard in Fulfillment.” Joining Ray for the session are Carl Brewer, VP of Distribution at retailer Journey’s, and Michael Otterbach, VP of Parts Operations at MEYN Americas. Both companies recently completed full-scale system design and integration projects led by DCS that incorporated DATUM WES.
The pair will discuss how the MAO features in DATUM enable real-time collaboration between autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), fixed automation, labor, and software. They will also detail how these features are helping their operations balance workflows, dynamically respond to disruptions, and extend the lifespan of their existing warehouse management system (WMS) software.
The seminar will occur on Wednesday, April 15 from 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. in Theater F, located on the right-hand wall in Hall B. It is free for registered attendees of MODEX. Those who are unable to join the session can view the slides synced to an audio recording after the show concludes via modexshow.com.
MEET WITH DCS DURING MODEX
To see firsthand how DATUM uses multi-agent orchestration to deliver flow intelligence—coordinating people and automation into a unified, adaptive operation designed for variability, growth, and peak performance—visit DCS’ MODEX exhibit. To book a meeting with system integration experts from DCS while at the show, contact Megan Taylor, DCS Marketing Manager, at megan@designedconveyor.com.
ABOUT DCS
Headquartered in Franklin, Tenn., Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS) has almost 45 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. For more information, visit designedconveyor.com.
ABOUT WALLER CONSULTING, A DCS COMPANY
Waller Consulting is an independent supply chain consulting firm. Driven by a genuine commitment to responsiveness, accountability, and problem-solving, Waller Consulting serves as a trusted supply chain partner—helping organizations modernize their operations, remain compliant, and build resilient, efficient distribution networks that support long-term growth and mission success. The company’s consultants are dedicated to helping its clients in both commercial and government sectors achieve higher levels of operational performance, efficiency, and profitability. To learn more, visit wallerassoc.com.
CONTACT:
Megan Taylor, Marketing Manager, (615) 377-9774, megan@designedconveyor.com
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