Increase Output Without Major Capex
Helping high-volume manufacturers unlock hidden capacity by identifying and improving their true system constraint.
Laurence Gartside - MEng Cantab
Trainer and Consultant
When Demand exceeds your Capacity - delays,
- Delivery delays increasing
- Backlogs growing
- Capacity feels stretched
- Daily Firefighting becoming normal
- Considering an expensive expansion
Helping you find and unlock the hidden capacity within your current operations.
Focused Throughput Improvement
Laurence helps management teams identify the real system constraint and focus improvement where it creates the biggest commercial impact.
This may include:
- Capacity analysis
- Constraint identification
- Bottleneck vs constraint clarity
- Flow improvement
- Prioritised operational action plans
Best Fit Clients
- High-volume manufacturers
- Multi-step production lines
- Mid-sized / owner-led firms
- Growing demand but output constrained
- Commercially responsive leadership teams
Why Work With Laurence
- Led multi-million dollar capacity increase programmes across 3 continents
- Founder of Rowtons Training
- Cambridge engineering graduate
- Taught 170,000+ paying professional students globally
- Deep expertise in operations improvement and Theory of Constraints
Ways To Work Together
Rapid review of output constraints and hidden capacity opportunities.
Identify the true limiting factor and priority actions.
Ongoing senior thinking partner for operations leaders.
High-value focused projects only.
About Me
Trainer, Consultant and Coach
Specializing in High-Intensity Business & Industrial Operations
With an MEng from the University of Cambridge, I focus on training and leading teams to achieve breakthrough improvements in performance and profitability—driving capacity increases (without capital investment) and cost reductions.
I have extensive experience in automotive, FMCG, and high-value manufacturing, leading large senior client teams and embedded consultants across three continents. I’ve trained operations teams for major international companies and spearheaded rapid improvement projects, repeatedly delivering tens of millions of dollars in direct savings.
Through my company, Rowtons Training, and my recorded video courses, I have trained over 110,000 paying professional students, delivering concise, high-value, and actionable insights in an engaging and digestible format. My mission is to empower professionals to elevate their careers and businesses—without the fluff.
Serious content. Light-hearted delivery.
Crack on!
Video Training Courses and Consulting Services
Operations Management
Performance Improvement
Supply Chain
Inventory
Logistics Management
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