DCL Logistics has been named 3PL of the Year 2026 by Supply Chain Moves, recognizing the company’s approach to technology-forward, high-touch fulfillment for growing and complex brands.
The Supply Chain Moves Awards recognize the companies, leaders and innovators redefining the future of logistics, transportation and supply chain management. This award highlights organizations that are continuously innovating to deliver measurable results for their clients.
For over 40 years, DCL Logistics has run fulfillment and logistics with a customer service centered strategy. Winning this award reflects what differentiates DCL as a fulfillment partner: an ability to deliver high-quality fulfillment solutions, with a relentless focus on quality, accuracy and exceptional customer service, at scale for omnichannel brands.
The Best 3PLs are Built for More Than Today's Volume
For ecommerce and omnichannel brands, fulfillment has become a critical part of the customer experience, and increasingly, a competitive advantage. The best 3PLs help brands manage growth, navigate new sales channels, maintain inventory accuracy, improve delivery performance, and proactively solve operational problems before they become customer problems.
In an industry where service failures can quickly damage a brand’s reputation and revenue, consistency is a strategic advantage. DCL invests in more than moving orders through a warehouse, striving to provide our high-growth brand partners the technology and operational excellence that helps them grow and scale their business.
For more than 40 years, DCL has evolved alongside the businesses it serves. Today, the company supports true omnichannel fulfillment, direct-to-consumer, retail, B2B, Amazon, and marketplace fulfillment through a national network of US and global facilities.
Dave Tu, President at DCL said, “As we remain laser focused on helping brands grow and scale amid the increasingly complex demands of ecommerce, recognition like this validates that our commitment is delivering results for our customers.”
Ways The Best 3PL Partner Will Adapt to Your Business
DCL Logistics has spent decades supporting brands. The result is knowing that infrastructure matters, but capacity alone isn’t enough. True scalability requires processes, technology, experienced people, and operational discipline working together.
“DCL plays a pivotal role in growing and scaling our fulfillment operations,” said Danielle Katan, Operations Manager at Aura Frame. “They keep pace with dramatic year over year growth without compromising quality or service. The DCL team goes above and beyond to find solutions to the most complex logistical challenges.”
For brands evaluating the best 3PL for growth, there is an important distinction between scaling. Your 3PL shouldn’t simply be able to handle more orders, they should be working with you to set up your business to add complexity without losing control or quality.
Supply Chain Technology Should Give Brands More Visibility
Technology has become one of the most important considerations when selecting a modern 3PL.
Brands need to know what inventory they have, where orders stand, what has shipped, and where potential problems may be developing. But technology is most valuable when it makes operations easier to understand and manage.
At DCL, that visibility is provided through eFactory, the company’s proprietary fulfillment platform.
Through eFactory, customers can access information about inventory, orders, receiving activity, shipping, returns, and operational performance. The platform is designed to give brands a real-time window into their fulfillment operations without requiring them to manage the warehouse themselves.
“Our tech-forward mindset further strengthens that partnership. Our proprietary technology and systems give our customers the visibility, transparency and control they need across their supply chain, while enabling us to maintain the operational rigor required to deliver consistently at scale,” said Brian Tu, Chief Revenue Officer, DCL. “Our approach is especially critical for the brands we serve, where operational performance can directly impact customer experience, brand reputation and revenue. We’re proud to support some of the fastest-growing brands in the industry, and this award reflects not only their growth, but ours as well.”
Quality is the Foundation of Great Fulfillment
Technology and automation can make things move faster, and more accurately. But operations is the business of exceptions, and a robust dedication to quality assurance is the only true path toward perfect fulfillment.
A fulfillment error can result in a lost customer, a retail chargeback, an inventory discrepancy, or, in regulated industries, a much more serious compliance issue.
DCL’s approach to quality is rooted in more than four decades of quality management standards and specialized compliance capabilities for highly regulated products, including medical devices and healthcare-related products.
This discipline may be often applied to products that have expiration dates or are highly regulated. But when applied to all products, as DCL does, this becomes especially important during periods of rapid growth. Because any small issue felt when volume is low, becomes a massive problem at scale when demand increases. Proactive quality assurance is the ticket to scaling with accuracy.
High-touch Service Still Matters in a Technology-Driven Industry
High-touch service remains a core part of DCL’s operating model. Technology can help identify and manage these situations, but experienced people are often the ones who solve them.
Customers work with dedicated account management and operations teams that understand their products, workflows, channels, and growth plans. The goal is not simply to respond to tickets, but to operate as an extension of the customer’s business.
“The level of attention that we receive from DCL since day one is great,” said Brian Mangels of Cure Hydration.
The best 3PL relationship is collaborative more than it is transactional. For brands looking for the best 3PL for a growing brand should know that there is no single “best 3PL” for every company. The right fulfillment partner depends on your products, sales channels, growth plans, compliance requirements, customer expectations, and operational complexity.
Successful, high-growth brands, are asking:
- Can this 3PL scale with us?
- Can they support both ecommerce and retail?
- Will we have visibility into our inventory and orders?
- Can the technology adapt to our business?
- Who are the people who will help us solve problems?
- Can we trust this partner to still be the right choice as our company evolves?
For more than 40 years, DCL Logistics has worked to answer those questions with a combination of technology, operational expertise, quality, flexibility, and service.
Being named 3PL of the Year 2026 by Supply Chain Moves is an important recognition and an honor for DCL Logistics. It signifies the continued trust of the brands that DCL serves.
Learn more about DCL Logistics and how we help growing brands scale their fulfillment operations.
