BLUESHIFT OPS
Supply chain consulting · Prosper, Texas

Operations, shifted toward faster.

Supply chain consulting driven by digital operations. 35 years of Fortune 50 CPG supply chain leadership in packaging automation, warehousing, digital twins and AI vision, backed by engineering scale from Kinetic Vision.

Industrial robot arm working on an automated production line Automated high-bay distribution center racking Automation · DC design · Digital twins · AI vision
Prosper, Texas
$50M

savings identified

14

large-scale automated DC startups

1st

automated packaging line that became the enterprise standard

35 yrs

Fortune 50 CPG supply chain leadership

What we fix

Four places operations
lose speed.

Every engagement is grounded in decades on the plant floor and sped up by modern tools: simulation, optimization and AI built for manufacturing reality.

01

Packaging automation

Lines that run faster, change over quicker and become the enterprise standard. Bagmaker-to-caser diagnostics, speed standards and stabilization programs that lift attainment on the line.

  • Line performance
  • Changeover reduction
  • Stabilization
High-speed bottling and packaging line
02

Warehousing & DC design

Distribution centers designed, started up and ramped to full rate. Picking center design, robotics KPI frameworks and launch playbooks proven across fourteen large-scale startups.

  • Picking centers
  • Robotics KPIs
  • Launch playbooks
Automated sortation conveyors in a distribution center
03

Digital twins

Model the operation before capital is committed. North Star playbooks, 3D plant capture and simulation standards that make a digital twin a decision tool, not a demo.

  • Simulation
  • 3D plant capture
  • Capital validation
Robotic work cell lit in blue
04

AI & intelligent vision

Cameras and AI that inspect and catch defects in real time. Physical-AI roadmaps, edge evaluation and vision use cases scoped by someone who knows what a false positive costs at 2 a.m.

  • Defect detection
  • Edge AI
  • Physical-AI roadmap
Automated production cell
Also in scope:Manufacturing operations insightCapacity planningNetwork & asset strategyCFO-ready business cases
How we work

Two ways to engage.

Bring the problem. We size it, put numbers on it and tell you plainly what to do next.

Mode A

Advisory sprint

A focused two-to-six-week diagnostic on a specific problem: a line that won't hold rate, an automation decision that won't decide itself. You get findings, numbers and a recommendation you can act on.

2–6 weeksDuration
Findings + business caseDeliverable
Mode B

Embedded engagement

Ongoing fractional operations leadership across a program: packaging stabilization, plant expansion, digital twin rollout, warehouse launch. Senior-executive judgment without the senior-executive headcount.

Program lengthDuration
Fractional leadershipModel
Roller conveyors moving crates through a warehouse with high-bay storage
Built for scale

Operator judgment, with an engineering bench behind it.

Kinetic Vision in Cincinnati is our scale and engineering partner. When an engagement needs simulation, digital twins, 3D capture or AI vision built and deployed, their team brings the horsepower.

SimulationDigital twins3D plant captureAI visionEngineering
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Greg Bellon, founder of Blueshift Ops
Founder

Greg Bellon

Founder, Blueshift Ops

Greg spent 35 years leading supply chain for a top Fortune 50 CPG manufacturer, most recently as Senior Director of Supply Chain Strategy. He pioneered the company's first automated packaging equipment, led the startup of fourteen large-scale automated warehouse picking centers, and drove its computer vision and digital twin strategy.

Most operations consulting is written by people who have watched a plant. Greg ran them.
Packaging automation pioneer
14 automated DC launches
Digital twin strategy lead
Intelligent vision
Start here

Bring us the problem your plant can't solve.

One conversation is usually enough to know whether Blueshift Ops can move your numbers. No deck required, just the problem.

gregbellon@blueshiftops.com Email Greg