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 Wins U.S. Postal Service Supplier Performance Award
Designed Conveyor Systems Wins U.S. Postal Service Supplier Performance Award
The award recognizes DCS for demonstrating process innovation or extraordinary contract compliance while providing exceptional quality and on-time delivery performance.
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Franklin, Tenn. – June 17, 2026 – Designed Conveyor Systems (DCS), a leading systems integrator and consulting firm specializing in material handling and warehouse automation, received a Supplier Excellence Award from the United States Postal Service (USPS) Supply Management organization as part of its 2025 Supplier Performance Awards. The award was presented to DCS leaders on Tuesday, May 5 during the Postal Service’s 36th Annual Supplier Performance Awards Ceremony. The formal ceremony was a part of the National Postal Forum (NPF), recently held in the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
The Supplier Excellence Award category recognizes suppliers who demonstrate strong contract performance, supply chain best practices, and a commitment to operational excellence across USPS initiatives. DCS was selected from a broad network of more than 11,000 suppliers supporting USPS operations nationwide.
“DCS is incredibly thankful for our supplier relationship with the United States Postal Service,” said Matt Ferguson, President of DCS. “This Supplier Excellence Award recognition underscores the strength of our collaboration and our shared commitment to execution at a consistently high level.”
“We are honored to receive this recognition from the Postal Service’s Supply Management organization,” added Curt Kincaid, Executive Vice President of Solutions & Growth at DCS. “We look forward to furthering our trusted relationship in other successful project implementations in the future.”
U.S. Postal Service representatives and award winners, including Curt Kincaid, Executive Vice President of DCS, third from right. Photo courtesy of USPS.
DCS Delivers Successful USPS Deployment in Phoenix
The Postal Service’s network modernization plan is a comprehensive strategy to modernize the postal network and improve service performance. The strategic plan aims to help the organization achieve financial sustainability and operational excellence. The initiative focuses on modernizing infrastructure, updating mail standards, and streamlining the national logistics and delivery network.
As part of the ongoing supplier relationship, DCS played a key role in advancing major material handling and automation technology through its work at the USPS Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Phoenix. The greenfield project included a scalable, high-throughput system designed to improve package flow, increase operational visibility, and support evolving volume demands.
Phoenix Facility Uses Matrix Regional Sorter Solution
DCS created a fully integrated solution to USPS requirements that combined conveyor systems, controls, and software. The implementation resulted in the Matrix Regional Sorter (MaRS), a high-capacity, next-generation sorting solution. These football-field-sized systems integrate extensive conveyor networks, intelligent controls, and automated sorting logic to process more than one million packages per day.
According to USPS, by enabling faster, more accurate routing at scale, the Matrix sorter significantly improves operational efficiency—by as much as 75%—while also reducing the facility footprint required for sorting operations. The result is a more streamlined, high-throughput environment that accelerates regional package movement, shortens delivery times, and supports broader USPS network modernization efforts.
The implementation required close coordination with USPS stakeholders, phased execution, and a design approach that balanced immediate performance gains with long-term flexibility. Executed on-time and under budget, the new Phoenix facility is among the Postal Service’s highest performing operations and hosted multiple tours during the NPF show, noted Satyen Pathak, DCS Senior Account Executive and primary point of contact for the USPS account.
“DCS is currently applying the same facility design strategy to a second USPS site in Memphis,” said Pathak. “Our approach focuses on integrating scalable technologies, optimizing workflows, and enabling data-driven decision-making to ensure long-term value and adaptability. These capabilities are especially critical as USPS continues to add capacity and increase parcel handling services for its customers.”
Learn More
To learn more about Designed Conveyor Systems and its consulting, systems integration, and automation capabilities, visit www.designedconveyor.com, or contact Megan Taylor, DCS Marketing Manager, at megan@designedconveyor.com.
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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.
CONTACT:
Megan Taylor, Marketing Manager, (615) 377-9774, megan@designedconveyor.com
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