About CoreFlow Advisory

I help manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce leaders deliver measurable gains in cost, speed, and resilience, powered by human expertise, applied AI, and operating systems that drive lasting performance.

CoreFlow Business Strategy Pyramid

The CoreFlow Strategy Pyramid defines how I turn strategy into measurable results combining vision, leadership, and data-led execution to deliver sustainable performance improvement.

Business Strategy Pyramid
Business Strategy Pyramid

"Each layer of the pyramid represents how CoreFlow transforms strategy into sustainable operational performance".

At CoreFlow Advisory, every engagement is built on a proven framework that aligns purpose, strategy, and execution.
The CoreFlow Business Strategy Pyramid illustrates how clarity, pace, and capability come together to deliver measurable results.

At CoreFlow Advisory, our approach revolves around three interconnected principles:

  1. CLARITY - turning complexity into actionable focus.

  2. CADENCE - embedding rhythm and accountability to sustain progress.

  3. CAPABILITY- empowering teams to perform and sustain improvement independently.

Helping Businesses Flow with Confidence

At CoreFlow Advisory, I help manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce organisations simplify complexity and unlock flow across their operations.

Founded by Gary Lockley, an operations and supply chain leader with over 20 years’ experience and full P&L accountability for £150M+ operations, CoreFlow gives businesses the structure, tools, and leadership to deliver measurable results — faster, smarter, and more profitably.

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Flow

The CoreFlow Story

After more than two decades leading large-scale operations, supply chains, and transformation programmes across Europe, Gary saw a consistent problem, organisations with ambition but limited structure, speed, or capability to deliver.

Story
Story
Why I started
Why CoreFlow exists

He created CoreFlow Advisory to close that gap. He combines board-level delivery experience, digital precision, and frontline execution to build high-performing operations that sustain results long after he leaves.

Every business has ambition. Few have alignment.

My Mission

I enable organisations to flow faster, scale smarter, and grow sustainably, by aligning people, process, and performance through data-driven decisions and hands-on leadership.

Our Mission
Our Mission

My Expertise

Core Expertise

Impact Delivered

Transformation & Integration

Operational Excellence

AI & Digitalisation

Seasonal & Capacity Planning

Leadership & Capability Development

Rapidly stabilising post-merger operations, aligning supply chains, and unlocking multi-million-pound synergies.

Cutting waste, reducing lead times by 25%, and raising OEE by up to 70% through Lean and CI deployment.

Turning data into action with ERP, forecasting, and automation tools that accelerate decision-making.

Managing 100%+ peak surges without service disruption, using data-driven planning and control-room governance.

Building confident, capable teams equipped to sustain high performance.

My Approach

I deliver transformation that sticks — because strategy, systems, and people move in sync.

Approach
Approach

My Approach:

  • Hands-on: I work inside your operation, not above it.

  • Data-led: I turn complexity into clarity with actionable insight.

  • Sustainable: I embed capability that lasts beyond delivery.

  • Purpose-driven: Performance Improvement + People Improvement = Business Improvement.

What Makes CoreFlow Different

  • Boardroom to Factory Floor: Over 20 years leading operations and M&A integrations with full P&L responsibility.

  • Digital + Physical Integration: Proven success delivering ERP transformation with on-the-floor execution.

  • Proven Under Pressure: Delivered operational turnarounds and cost-out programmes in volatile, high-growth markets.

    Every engagement is designed to deliver results the P&L can feel.

Message From The Founder

“I’ve seen how structured leadership, clear performance systems, and data-driven decisions transform businesses, fast.”

I founded CoreFlow Advisory to help organisations of every size harness those principles. I cut through complexity, align teams, and deliver measurable results where it matters most, the P&L.

Whether you’re scaling, stabilising, or transforming, CoreFlow gives you clarity, capability, and control — fast.

Gary Lockley