Your project, run for your interests.
Project management for owners and operators of distribution centers and plants
Bluestem Project Solutions is a distribution center project management firm for owners and operators, vendor-neutral and fluent in conveyor and controls.
Bring your scope, schedule and vendor list.
Four situations where owners call a project manager
Owners call on warehouse automation and conveyor projects when several vendors each own one piece.
A new distribution center
Several vendors each own one piece, and nobody owns the plan across them.
Responsibilities that overlap
Scope and responsibilities overlap or go missing between one vendor and the next.
A schedule that already slipped
One milestone moved. Now the go-live date and the vendors' dates disagree.
A change order you did not expect
An item everyone assumed was included now has a price and a delay attached.
In each case, Bluestem brings clarity, control and momentum from day one.
What Bluestem does for you
Bluestem keeps engineering, vendors, integrators and installers aligned to one plan, and protects your scope, schedule and budget. Our project managers are experienced and PMP-trained, with hands-on experience in conveyor systems, automation projects, controls coordination and MHE installations.
- Close design and scope gaps before vendors price them.
- Manage dependencies so the schedule holds.
- Deliver layouts, coordination drawings, schedules and execution plans.
- Give your team one accountable contact.
- Experienced and PMP-trained project managers
- Hands-on conveyor, controls and MHE experience
- A single accountable point of contact
What changes for each role on your team
For operations leaders
You hear about risks early. The go-live date has one accountable point of contact.
For site directors
Installers and operators get layouts and plans they can use with confidence.
For engineering managers
Scope gaps and RFIs drop because vendors work from one set of coordination drawings.
We Speak the Language of Automation & Material Handling
Conveyor, controls coordination and material handling equipment (MHE) installation experience
Our team includes experienced and PMP-trained project managers with hands-on experience in conveyor systems, automation projects, controls coordination, and MHE installations. That background allows us to:
- Identify risks before they become problems
- Eliminate design and scope gaps early
- Reduce field rework, change orders and schedule surprises
Simply put, we know where projects fail and how to prevent it.
Questions from owners and operators
What does distribution center project management include?
Bluestem coordinates engineering, vendors, integrators, installers and your internal team on a conveyor or automation project. We protect scope, schedule and budget from design through go-live.
How early should an operator bring in a project manager?
We step in where projects typically break down between design, vendors, installation, and operations to bring clarity, control, and momentum from day one.
What does Bluestem need from us to start?
Your scope, your schedule and your vendor list. Bring them to a project review and we will tell you where we see gaps and how we can help.
What does an engagement cost?
Bluestem scales to fit your needs, without adding permanent overhead. Book a project review to talk through your scope.
Get your project on one plan
Book a project review and bring your scope, schedule and vendor list. Bluestem is 100% vendor-neutral and works for your project.