With
over 300,000 square feet under roof, DCL is located in Northern (Fremont) and
Southern (Ontario) California, providing turnkey manufacturing services complemented
by warehousing, inventory management, purchasing, materials management, fulfillment,
freight management and reverse logistics.
DCL offers a comprehensive set
of supply chain services for companies in the software,
electronics,
healthcare
and consumer
product industries. These supply chain services are offered individually
or bundled as a complete solution.
- Project Management
- Vendor Managed Inventory
- Inventory Management & Warehousing
- Order Management & Payment Processing
- Print & Media
- Assembly Test & Configuration
- Fulfillment & Logistics
- Returns Management
- eFactory
Some more specfic supply chain solutions DCL employs, include:
•
Material Management: Utilizing ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) tools, DCL projects the appropriate inventory levels necessary to comply
with customers’ requirements. Inventory levels are set to prevent loss of
investment dollars stemming from obsolescence or extended storage of inventory.
Purchasing decisions factor both economic reorder quantities and lead times.
•
Fulfillment and Freight Management: DCL has capabilities
to pick, pack and
ship over 15,000 separate orders per day. Utilizing bar codes, DCL
provides for 100% verification of the products picked and packed; printed appropriate
carrier manifest labels, associated packing lists, bills of lading, and international
documents.
• Assembly: DCL has the
capability to assemble
and package over 200,000 products per day. With over 10 assembly lines
-- manual, semi-automated or automated -- by running multiple shifts, DCL can
assemble a variety of packages to meet seasonal or new product launch programs
of its customers.
•Warehousing: DCL
has over 12,000 pallet locations to support assembly and fulfillment
requirements.
Its warehouse management
system administers the kit process and cycle count
programs for
DCL in order to maintain needed inventory accuracies.
• Reverse
logistics: DCL provides returns
management to identify product returns for appropriate
credit or
exchange. DCL sorts products for damage and returns for credit, retail stock exchange,
or
return to vendor.
• Specialized requirements:
DCL provides e-commerce solutions,
from storefronts to accessing
inventory, work in process and shipping information.
DCL handles the secured printing and
tracking of digital rights licenses or
enabling certificates. DCL interfaces include EDI 810, 850,
852, 855, 856,
and 860 documents and other electronic exchanges.
DCL has been ISO-certified
since 1994, is currently at ISO 9001:2001, and most recently completed their SAS
70 Audit. DCL utilizes the two locations as a business continuity solution.
The DCL database, which includes specifications and requirements, is backed up
weekly and stored off site. In case of an emergency, where one location cannot
operate, the other location accesses the back up database, with all the necessary
specifications and requirements, to provide business continuation for the clients.
As a supply chain services partner, DCL understands the need for our customers to see and feel their operation. DCL has invested heavily in the development and implementation of eFactory, a world class IT infrastructure that serves as the engine of our supply chain. Through eFactory, DCL operates as a real-time operational enterprise and our clients are instantly connected to their critical manufacturing and fulfillment processes at DCL.