automate your labeling, packaging, and marketing workflows

Multiple states. Fragmented legislation. DCM automates and accelerates complex cannabis marketing and production. Watch the 2-min. video to find out how

FOR ALL YOUR PRIORITIES,
WE’RE YOUR PARTNER

OPERATIONS + SUPPLY CHAIN

No overages. No excess. No obsolescence. We minimize your regulatory risk and make getting to market faster and more cost-efficient.

MARKETING

From controlling your brand to helping it stand out, we can act as a flexible extension of your team.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Take the guesswork out of state-level compliance through customized, automated label production.

PROCUREMENT

Through speed and efficiency we help you reduce costs and improve margins.

OPERATIONS + SUPPLY CHAIN

OPERATIONS + SUPPLY CHAIN

No overages. No excess. No obsolescence. We minimize your regulatory risk and make getting to market faster and more cost-efficient.

MARKETING

MARKETING

From controlling your brand to helping it stand out, we can act as a flexible extension of your team.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Take the guesswork out of state-level compliance through customized, automated label production.

PROCUREMENT

PROCUREMENT

Through speed and efficiency we help you reduce costs and improve margins.

HOW WE DRIVE EFFICIENCY & IMPACT IN MARKETING OPERATIONS

DIGITAL ENABLEMENT

Our robust content creation platform enables users to  create, update and execute print-ready packaging and marketing collateral. A base template keeps regulatory elements locked down, while automatic cascading reduces revision time by applying changes to all related artwork. Built-in auditing with time and user-stamping ensures tracking and approval at every stage, maintaining effective governance while driving efficiency.

DCMFlex stores all approved branded assets for consistent, on-brand execution. Dynamic art-file creation empowers users with immediate access to artwork files for instant compliance updates and simplified line extensions.

DCM Flex stores all approved branded assets for consistent, on-brand execution. Dynamic art-file creation empowers users with immediate access to artwork files for instant compliance updates and simplify line extensions.

Users can apply lab results and product lot information dynamically and quickly when product is ready for market, maintaining hard-coded, state-level regulatory information and generating the precise number of labels required. Shorten your speed to market and eliminate your regulatory concerns.

Store and deploy your creative assets in the markets where you need them.

DCMFlex helps you bring your brand to life at the dispensary level by storing and managing individual dispensary requirements and ensuring they’re executed in keeping with each retail partner’s needs.

MARKETING STRATEGY & CREATIVE

Gain a better understanding of consumer drivers through insights, psychographics, and persona mapping. Target markets according to opportunity, supporting your efforts with focused pricing and promotional strategies. Leverage detailed competitive assessments and accurate white space identification.

We provide complete strategic and creative support, helping you develop the foundational elements of your brand—from name to visual identity—then bringing it all to life flawlessly and compliantly across your touchpoints: in-market, in-store, and on-pack.

We help you establish practical parameters for market growth through budget identification, KPI determination, channel role & spend considerations, and creative execution, including posters, email, digital ads, strain cards, promo kits, and dispensary POP.

Research. Key messages. Design. Channel strategy. Distribution. We have campaign development and execution covered.

From precision kitting that uses barcoding to maintain accuracy, to unique store profiles that house each dispensary’s exact configuration, our proven platform and processes get the right campaign materials to the right location while eliminating overages and waste.

PRINT SOLUTIONS

We get your brand out physically where you need it to be, from billboards and age-gated brochures to POP merchandisers and strain cards.

We’ll set you up for turnkey printing at your facility, leveraging our North American footprint to execute brand-compliant, state-versioned, print-ready files via your local printers.

about

DCMFlex is an enterprise-wide, single point of access for all your cannabis marketing and production needs. Configurable based on your business rules, it allows easy, fast configuring of packaging and labels, cascading changes to all impacted assets, while maintaining branding and state-level regulatory compliance.

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Designers access templates through the DCMFlex platform.

Designers access templates through the DCMFlex platform.

Using your approved assets, DCM builds templates with hard-coded regulatory elements and branding—including color reproduction at 99.98% accuracy. Your designers can safely configure the creative while maintaining compliance.
Assets are easily filed and retrieved via metadata tagging.
Logos, fonts, images and other assets are easily filed and retrieved.
Only designated variables on the template can be modified, helping to ensure accuracy and compliance.

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THE BENEFITS OF

RISK
MITIGATION

RISK MITIGATION

Ensure state-level versioning and accurate batch/lot/strain info to reduce the likelihood of regulatory fines and product recalls.

FASTER SPEED
TO MARKET

FASTER SPEED
TO MARKET

Label accuracy and control means products gets there faster.

COST
SAVINGS

COST
SAVINGS

More speed and efficiency. Less obsolescence and waste.

CUSTOMIZED
SOLUTIONS

CUSTOMIZED
SOLUTIONS

Built in configurability for empowerment and control at the state level.

BRAND
CONSISTENCY

BRAND
CONSISTENCY

Keep your brand intact while allowing for state versioning and batch/lot/strain accuracy.

SCALABILITY

SCALABILITY

New markets. Line extensions. Our national footprint ensures our solutions grow with you.

DCM DRIVES
MEASURABLE RESULTS

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IMPROVEMENT IN TCO FOR LABEL PRODUCTION

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IMPROVEMENT IN ORDER PROCESSING VIA REAL-TIME PROOFING

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ACCURACY

DCM HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION to the ever-changing cannabis landscape. Quick response times, thorough understanding of compliance requirements and cost-effective pricing make them a leader in trusted, compliant packaging solutions.

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION

INDUSTRY LEADERS RELY ON DCM

THE VALUE
OF PARTNERING
WITH DCM

Along with serving many of North America’s leading cannabis cultivators, DCM has over 60 years of experience supporting tightly regulated sectors like healthcare, financial services, and energy.

We’ve leveraged that expertise for cannabis clients in North America and Europe, helping them navigate, adapt and thrive through robust solutions that drive agility, maintain airtight compliance, and improve overall operations.

WHAT DOES A BETTER CANNABIS OPERATION LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

Let’s talk about how to improve
your workflows and compliance.
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Niles, Illinois
60714

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