Manufacturing and engineering operations for automotive and precision component suppliers
Ashby Finance operates a manufacturing and engineering business built on industrial automation and precision tooling—the stack spans CAD/CAM (SolidWorks, PolyWorks), industrial robotics (Fanuc, ABB, Siemens), and embedded systems (CAN, JTAG, CANoe). Hiring is heavily weighted toward manufacturing (27 roles) and engineering (11), with mid-level staff dominating, signaling scaled production operations rather than early-stage development. Pain points cluster around order-to-cash process efficiency, production downtime, and rework reduction—operational frictions typical of job-shop or contract manufacturing scaling to volume.
Ashby Finance is a UK-based manufacturing and engineering business headquartered in Berkhamsted. The company produces precision components and subsystems for automotive and related sectors, running active programs in high-performance vehicle platforms, CNC turning operations, and new product introduction. Operations integrate SAP for supply chain and financial planning, Salesforce for customer relationship management, and embedded diagnostics (CAN bus, Ethernet) for production control and quality. Current focus areas include capacity expansion, volume throughput improvements, and prototype-to-production scaling.
Core systems: SAP, Salesforce, Excel. Engineering tools: SolidWorks, PolyWorks, Tableau. Manufacturing: Fanuc, ABB, Siemens robotics; CAN bus and JTAG for embedded diagnostics. Collaboration: Microsoft Teams, Confluence, SharePoint.
Primarily automotive. Active programs include high-performance vehicle platforms, precision CNC transmission components, and new product introduction across multiple vehicle programs.
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