The move window doesn't slip. Neither does your business case.
Distribution-center ramp-up, site relocation, network redesign: WORKSPACE.PM steers your logistics projects - from a reliable business case through a schedule with fixed dates to a ramp-up with gate and checklists.
- Prepare rack acceptance, hall Adone
- Schedule forklift deliverydone
- Draft ramp-up report, week 45open
Sound familiar from your logistics projects?
Four patterns that make site and network projects expensive - long before the first parcel rolls.
The business case ages in a slide deck
ROI and payback were computed once - at the board decision. Whether they still hold after three plan changes, nobody knows.
The move weekend is fixed - the plan is not
The cutover date is set, but which delay really endangers it, none of the twelve spreadsheets shows.
Many trades, many partners, one inbox
General contractor, plant builder, forwarder: coordination runs via mailing lists - who delivers what by when is nowhere binding.
Ramp-up as blind flight
Whether the site is ready gets decided by acclamation. A reliable go decision with criteria and evidence doesn't exist.
A logistics project in WORKSPACE.PM - from business case to ramp-up
Follow the sample project “Netzwerk Ost - new distribution center” through five phases - and see which module carries the work at each station.
The decision has numbers and a record
The initiative starts as a project proposal with a period-based cost-benefit plan - ROI, NPV and payback derive from it. The gate decision is recorded, not felt.
Run project proposals with a business caseThe move window is an anchor, not a wish
The cutover weekend sits in the schedule as a fixed date - the computation never moves it, the critical path aligns to it. Before the start, the baseline is locked in.
Build schedules with fixed-date anchorsAll participants, clearly managed
General contractor, plant builder and forwarder stand in the project as external participants: in the roster with a role, in the contact register with contact persons, as stakeholders with an engagement plan - regardless of whether they have an account.
Manage participants and contacts- General contractor - in the roster
- Moving forwarder - contact
- Plant builder - stakeholder
Rehearse variants first, then decide
Ramp-up with two or three shifts? Up to five scenarios run side by side in the sandbox, with a live delta to the baseline. Merging into the real portfolio previews every conflict first.
Compare scenarios in the sandbox- Scenario A: ramp-up with 2 shifts
- Scenario B: ramp-up with 3 shifts
Go-live with a gate instead of acclamation
The ramp-up gate has criteria and named approvers; the readiness report gets approved and frozen. The go decision has evidence - and the ramp-up a documented state.
Ramp-up reports with ratings and approvalIn between, the other modules take over: Monte Carlo reserves as budget line items, cutover checklists that report themselves done, fleet and teams in one capacity view - and the daily ramp-up round with series memory.
Your toolbox for logistics projects
Six modules that carry site and network projects every day - each card leads to the detail page.
Sequenced like a move, flexible like a ramp-up
Logistics projects live on hard dates - and on fast reaction in the ramp-up phase.
Where most logistics projects work
In the container concept every level carries its own way of working: build-up and move run classically with fixed dates and critical path, while ramp-up fine-tuning and punch lists are organized on boards and checklists. Budget, dates and reports stay one unit.
However special the site is - upwards it reports uniformly
Approved status reports, ratings and metrics consolidate into the portfolio automatically. Logistics leadership and management compare the network project with every other initiative - without extra slides.
No extra burden for hall and yard
The most common objections from logistics projects - and what WORKSPACE.PM answers them with.
The AI makes the first move
The planning documents as a PDF become a project profile, then a structure with milestones, plus suggestions for risks and countermeasures. Your team reviews and adjusts.
Team and partners work in their own view
Whoever works through tasks sees board, checklist and due dates - not the whole PM cockpit. External partners stand in the roster with a role and in the contact register with contact persons, even without their own account.
The business case stays reliable
A period-based cost-benefit plan with ROI and NPV, recorded gate decisions, change requests for scope changes and frozen reports: the numbers from the board decision stay traceable through to ramp-up.
Frequent questions from logistics projects
Answers to the most important objections before you start.
No - and we don't claim it does. WORKSPACE.PM steers the project: business case, dates, partners, risks and ramp-up. Your operations systems remain; an open REST API, signed webhooks and Zapier connect both worlds.
The move window sits in the schedule as a fixed-date anchor - the computation never moves it. You rehearse shifts in planning mode, and the baseline comparison proves every schedule delta.
With portfolio scenarios: up to five variants in the sandbox, a live delta to the baseline, an approval workflow and a merge with conflict preview - only then is the real portfolio touched.
External participants stand in the project roster with role and reporting line and in the contact register with contact persons - even without an account. Whoever should actively work along gets a regular account with role-based permissions.
The ramp-up gate has criteria and named approvers with a documented vote; cutover checklists report themselves done, and the readiness report gets approved and frozen. The go decision has evidence.
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