Machining is where most suppliers stop. It's where we begin.
Anyone can cut metal. The hard part is everything around it — getting the price right, holding the tolerance, proving the quality, clearing customs, keeping inventory on your line, and being there when a program scales or a part goes wrong. We built Metrics Works to own the whole path instead.
You've done this before. You find a shop with a good number, you send the print, and the trouble starts after the quote.
"A part is easy to buy. A supply chain is hard to run. Most machine shops sell you the first and leave you the second."
The offshore price looked great until you added freight, tariffs, and twelve weeks of lead time.
The domestic shop was fast but priced you out of the program.
Quality slipped and nobody caught it until the parts hit your dock.
You're managing customs, inventory, and a supplier three time zones away — none of which is your actual job.
Volume doubled and the shop couldn't keep up. Or a machine went down and there was no backup.
ANSWER
The Answer
Nearshore machining, with the whole supply chain behind it.
Metrics Works is a CNC machining plant in Saltillo, Mexico, backed by distribution and 3PL hubs in Monterrey, Columbus, and Poland. That combination is the point: we machine your part on our own floor, then finish it, inspect it, warehouse it, and ship it to your line.
One company. One point of accountability. From the first chip to your dock.
Offshore prices.Domestic speed.Fulfillment built in.
25+
CNC Machines
On our own floor in Saltillo
400–2k
Parts / Day
Prototype through production
±0.001"
Standard Tolerance
Tighter available on review
2
Continents
Distribution hubs in MX, US & EU
IATF
16949 Certified
ISO 9001:2015 + NMSDC
1
Point of Accountability
From print to your dock
Why Us — The Six Reasons
EVERY REASON WE'RE THE RIGHT FIT.
01 / 06
WE OWN THE FLOOR.
25+CNC MACHINES ON OUR FLOOR
We're not a platform routing your part to whichever of ten thousand shops won the bid. Saltillo is our plant — our machines, our people, our quality system. 25+ CNC machines running 400 to 2,000 parts a day, under one roof you can walk through. When you ask who's making your part, the answer is a specific building with a specific team, not an algorithm.
02 / 06
NEARSHORE BEATS OFFSHORE AND DOMESTIC.
DaysGROUND FREIGHT TO U.S. MANUFACTURING HUBS
Saltillo sits in the heart of Mexico's automotive manufacturing region — close enough for ground freight in days instead of weeks on the water, cheap enough to beat a domestic shop, and USMCA-qualifying so parts cross the border at preferential duty rates instead of stacked offshore tariffs. You stop choosing between price and speed. You get both.
03 / 06
QUALITY IS PROVEN, NOT PROMISED.
IATF16949 + ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED
Our Saltillo plant is IATF 16949 certified and ISO 9001:2015 certified, with Level 5 PPAP capability and FMEA control plans. Every critical dimension is verified on CMM, fixed gauging, and dimensional-scanner technology before a part ships. And we run PPAP inspection in-house on two continents — including our Poland facility, so European customers get parts approved without shipping them across the Atlantic. Nothing leaves on a guess.
04 / 06
FULFILLMENT IS BUILT IN.
3DISTRIBUTION HUBS ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS
This is what a machine shop can't give you. Once your part is made, it doesn't just ship — it moves into a distribution network. Warehousing, inventory management, rework, repacking, and JIT delivery from Monterrey, Columbus, and Poland mean your inventory sits close to your line, not on a boat. One partner machines the part and keeps it flowing.
05 / 06
ONE TEAM, ONE POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
1COMPANY FROM PRINT TO DOCK
No handoffs between a machine shop, a freight forwarder, a customs broker, and a 3PL — each blaming the other when something slips. With Metrics Works it's one company from print to dock. When you call, you talk to someone who can actually see where your part is and do something about it.
06 / 06
WE'RE BUILT TO SCALE WITH YOU.
400–2kPARTS PER DAY, PROTOTYPE THROUGH PRODUCTION
Prototype today, production tomorrow, a second source when you need resilience. We run first articles through mid-volume production, and behind us stands the wider Metrics family — so as your program grows or your sourcing strategy shifts, you don't have to start over with a new supplier.
VS
The Difference, Side by Side
Offshore. Domestic.Metrics Works.
Offshore Shop
Typical
Domestic Shop
Typical
Metrics Works
Nearshore
Unit price
Lowest
Highest
Nearshore — competitive
Lead time
Longest (ocean)
Fastest
Fast — ground freight, days
Tariffs
Stacked 301/232
None
USMCA preferential
Who makes it
Unknown sub-tier
The shop
Our own floor in Saltillo
Quality proof
Varies
Usually solid
IATF 16949, CMM, PPAP
Fulfillment
None
None
3PL on two continents
When it breaks
Time-zone roulette
One shop
One accountable team
The Story
Built by supply-chain people. For supply-chain people.
Metrics Works didn't start as a machine shop looking for customers. It started inside a supply chain company — MES — that had spent years sourcing castings, forgings, and machined parts worldwide for some of the most demanding manufacturers alive: Eaton, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Honeywell, BorgWarner, ZF.
We kept hitting the same wall. Customers didn't just want a cheaper part — they wanted a supplier who'd own the whole problem: the machining, the quality, the customs, the inventory, the delivery. So we built one.
Today Metrics Works is one of three companies under Metrics Holdings — so when you work with us, you're not hiring a shop. You're plugging into a supply chain built by people who do this at a global scale every day.
Who We're For
If you're a buyer, sourcing professional, procurement lead, or supply chain manager tired of managing five vendors to get one part to your line — and you'd rather have one partner accountable for cost, quality, and delivery — we're your shop.
We're an especially strong fit if you're:
Re-shoring or nearshoring away from offshore tariff and lead-time risk
Running automotive, EV, energy, industrial, or heavy-equipment programs that need IATF-grade quality
Machining castings, forgings, stampings, bar stock, or extrusions to finished spec
Scaling from prototype to production without changing suppliers
Subject to supplier-diversity requirements — we're NMSDC minority-certified
Manufacturing software connecting sourcing, production, and logistics.
FAQ
Common questions. Straight answers.
If your question isn't here, send it to us directly — or just send your print and we'll answer everything at once.
Most machine shops sell you a part and stop there. Metrics Works owns the whole path from print to dock — we machine your part on our own floor in Saltillo, then finish, inspect, warehouse, and ship it through distribution hubs in Monterrey, Columbus, and Poland. One company, one point of accountability, with a full supply chain behind the machining.
Our Saltillo plant is IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 certified, with Level 5 PPAP capability and in-house CMM and dimensional-scanner inspection. We verify every critical dimension before parts ship, and we run PPAP inspection in-house on two continents. We also own our floor — your part is made by our team on our machines, not routed to an unknown sub-supplier.
Our nearshore Saltillo location typically delivers lower unit costs than a domestic shop while keeping lead times short through ground freight. USMCA-qualifying parts also avoid the tariffs that offshore parts absorb — so you get offshore-level economics without the offshore wait or duty exposure.
Platforms route your part to one of thousands of third-party suppliers you can't see or audit, and they don't handle fulfillment. Metrics Works owns a single plant you can tour, backed by our own 3PL and warehousing network. You get a consistent floor, consistent quality, and a supply chain — not a marketplace.
Yes. Beyond machining, we provide 3PL, warehousing, inventory management, rework, repacking, and JIT delivery from hubs in Monterrey, Columbus, and Poland. Parts stay close to your line instead of sitting on a ship, and one team stays accountable through delivery.
Yes. We run first articles and development quantities through mid-volume production — 400 to 2,000 parts a day — so you don't need to change suppliers as a program grows. Behind us, the wider Metrics family adds sourcing and second-source capacity.
We machine for automotive, EV, construction and agriculture, electrical and energy, robotics, lighting, and industrial equipment — in ductile iron, steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, and brass — from die castings, forgings, stampings, bar stock, and extrusions.
Yes. Metrics Works is one of three operating companies under Metrics Holdings, established in 2013 in Columbus, Ohio, alongside MES (global sourcing) and MESH (manufacturing software). That backing means you're working with a full supply chain, not a standalone shop.
The Promise
Send us your print. We'll tell you the truth.
Tolerance, material, volume — send us the part and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right shop for it, what it'll cost, and how fast you'll have it. If it's not a fit, we'll say so, and our sister company MES can usually source it another way. Either way, you get a real answer from someone who actually makes parts.
