# How We Run Conveyor and Automation Projects

> How Bluestem runs a conveyor or automation project: scope review, vendor plan, coordination through install and start-up, and a go-live readiness check.

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One plan from first review to go-live.

# How a Bluestem project runs from scope to go-live

Bluestem Project Solutions runs conveyor and automation projects in six phases, from scope and design review to go-live and handover.

Projects typically break down between design, vendors, installation and operations. Each phase below closes one of those gaps.

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## Six phases from scope to go-live

### Scope and design review
- We tighten scope definition and close design gaps early. We review your scope, schedule and vendor list together.
- Removes scope gaps priced as change orders.

### Vendor alignment
- We align every vendor early to one plan and one owner each. Each vendor knows its responsibilities, dates and handoffs.
- Removes misaligned vendor responsibilities.

### Drawings and schedule
- We issue coordination drawings and schedules installers use. Layouts and drawings line up each vendor's work.
- Removes handoff errors between vendors.

### Installation and field coordination
- We manage dependencies and keep decisions moving in the field. Installers work from the drawings and the schedule.
- Removes field rework and idle installers.

### Commissioning and startup
- We coordinate controls and vendors through start-up on one plan. The execution plan stays current as the system starts up.
- Removes start-up delays and surprises.

### Go-live and handover
- We stay the single point of coordination through handover. We check readiness before operators take over.
- Removes a handover with no clear owner.

Go-live lands on the date the whole project agreed.

## What stays the same in every phase

### One point of contact
- Your team and every vendor deal with one point of coordination from start to finish.

### One shared plan
- Layouts, coordination drawings, schedules and execution plans stay in step with each other.

### One neutral stance
- Bluestem is vendor-neutral, so every decision we support is based on your project.

[What an owner's representative does on warehouse automation projects](https://bluestemps.com/services/owners-representation/)

## Join at any phase

Start at phase 1 on a new project, or join in design, installation or start-up. Choose end-to-end project management, targeted technical and coordination support or an hourly bank of services.

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## Review your project against the six phases

Book a project review and bring your scope, schedule and vendor list. Bluestem is 100% vendor-neutral and works for your project.

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