Enquirer Consulting Group
Jon Rush | Metric Manufacturing Company | October 2026
As of 14 Oct 2026
Metric Manufacturing Company makes close tolerance, high volume CNC machined parts for the automotive industry, as a Tier 1 supplier and as a Tier 2 supplier that drop ships to its customers.
This map covers the groups of organizations that buy machined parts at production volume in that market, and the roles that usually sign off on a new supplier at each.
It describes the market, not your business. Every fact about Metric here comes from your own website.
Organizations in each group, banded on purpose. A plant is not a company, so treat each band as a rough size of the field, not a target list.
| Group | Organizations in the US | Under 20 staff | 20 to 99 | 100 to 499 | 500 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, light truck and utility vehicle makers | about 210 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Heavy duty truck makers | about 76 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Engine, transmission and power train part makers | about 1,000 | about 640 | about 160 | about 86 | about 120 |
| Steering, suspension and brake system makers | about 360 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Other motor vehicle part makers | about 1,100 | about 600 | about 210 | about 140 | about 150 |
US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.
Machined parts at production volume are bought by a purchasing team and approved by a quality team. Both have to say yes before a part number moves.
| Group | Who usually signs off | Who else weighs in |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle makers | Commodity buyer or commodity manager for machined components | Supplier quality engineer, advanced purchasing, program purchasing lead |
| Heavy duty truck makers | Purchasing manager or commodity buyer for machined and cast parts | Supplier quality engineer, plant materials manager |
| Power train part makers | Director of purchasing or commodity buyer | Supplier quality engineer, program manager, plant manager |
| Steering, suspension and brake makers | Purchasing manager or commodity buyer | Supplier development engineer, program manager |
| Other part makers | Purchasing manager or buyer | Quality manager, operations director |
At a Tier 1, the buyer finds and quotes the supplier, and the supplier quality engineer approves the production part approval package before the first shipment. A supplier with a clean approval record and certified sub-suppliers is easier for both of them to say yes to.
At a vehicle maker, the commodity team sources by program, so the window opens when a new program is sourced or an existing part is moved from a supplier with delivery or quality trouble.
The second tier matters as much as the first. Many of the part makers above buy machined components from Tier 2 suppliers and need parts shipped straight to their own customers on schedule.
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Oct 14, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lasko | Strategic Sourcing | Buyers Products Company | Cleveland, OH | nlasko@buyersproducts.com | +1 440 415 5606 |
| Jim Gambill | Commodity Manager | Clarios | Farmington, MI | jim.gambill@clarios.com | +1 248 766 7408 |
| Maura Harning | Commodity Manager | Shape Corp. | Detroit | bushm@shapecorp.com | +1 313 969 8669 |
| Michael Subastian | Purchasing Manager (Tier 1) | Toyota Boshoku America | Lexington | michael.subastian@toyota-boshoku.com | +1 859 229 4041 |
| Lisiane DeCampos | Purchasing Manager | Mino Automation USA, Inc. | Detroit Metropolitan Area, MI | lisiane.decampos@mino-automation.com | +1 248 877 9487 |
| Jonathan Lessard | Group Purchasing Manager | Harbinger | Irvine, CA | jonathan.lessard@harbingermotors.com | +1 586 295 3317 |
| Ketan Savale | Purchasing Manager | North American Lighting, Inc. | Northville, MI | ketan_savale@nal.com | +1 734 735 2674 |
| James Kramer | Divisional Purchasing Manager | Turn 14 Distribution, Inc. | Keller, TX | jkramer@turn14.com | +1 817 657 7997 |
| Barry Booker | Purchasing Manager | Allison Transmission | Nashville | barry.booker@allisontransmission.com | +1 615 618 2755 |
| Andrew Wynne | Group Purchasing Manager | Forest River, Inc. | Elkhart, IN | awynne@forestriverinc.com | +1 585 746 3151 |
Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.
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Prepared by Ben Beattie, ben@enquirerconsulting.com.