Supply Chain

Metro simplify and optimise the most demanding and complex supply chains, with market-leading technology that put you in total control.
Purchase Orders

100M+

Purchase Orders

Customer Vendors

3K

Customer Vendors

Linked Countries

100+

Linked Countries

Supply chain management

  • Tailored Solutions
  • PO/SO management
  • End-to-end visibility

Freight management

  • 3PL and 4PL models
  • Dedicated teams
  • Sustainability programme

MVT Platform

  • Dashboard controlled
  • Automated KPI/SLA reporting
  • Fully integrated data platform

Supply Chain News & Insights

  • 2024: Reflecting on a Dynamic Year in Global Supply Chains

    As 2024 comes to an end, we look back at a year filled with extraordinary events that shaped the global supply chain landscape. From geopolitical c... Read more

  • Preparing for Chinese New Year: Avoiding supply chain disruption in 2025

    Chinese New Year (CNY) is a time of celebration across China but presents significant challenges for shippers and careful planning is essential to ... Read more

  • US businesses prepare for ILA strike threat and Trump’s China tariffs

    Retailers and shippers are bracing for operational disruptions and cost increases as the January 2025 deadline for the International Longshoremenâ€... Read more

  • Air freight situation and outlook for 2025

    Global air freight market continues to experience robust growth, driven by eCommerce and the peak season, but faces capacity constraints due to red... Read more

  • Sea freight situation and outlook for 2025

    With 2024 characterised by elevated freight rates and fluctuating dynamics, the container shipping lines have emerged as the primary financial bene... Read more

  • Shipping lines blank sailings from Asia to support rates

    Container carriers operating between Asia, Europe, and the United States are leaning heavily on blank sailings to manage capacity and stabilise fre... Read more

  • The potential impact of the new US administration on global trade

    As the United States, and the world, braces for potential shifts in trade policy, new tariff proposals and ongoing supply chain challenges are resh... Read more

  • Maersk leave Felixstowe as shipping Alliances prepare for launch

    The container shipping industry is undergoing significant realignments, with three major alliances and MSC operating independently, restructuring t... Read more

  • FTSE 100 firms identify supply chain threats as a principal risk

    A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group, reveals that 72% of FTSE 100 companies now identify supply chain threats as a principal risk to thei... Read more

Case Study

Action, reaction

This luxury car brand has been a supply chain customer for many years. Their cars are in demand globally, with markets constantly expanding and new markets continuously being added.

As a strategic partner, Metro participates in business planning and contributes to the preparation that ensures the supply chain operates efficiently for growing markets and new mainland Europe facilities as they come on stream.

In the last 12 months Metro has supported growth in global export volumes from factories and has developed supply chain solutions for a major new manufacturing plant in Shanghai, which encompassed the temporary export of vehicles to the UK for testing and global exports from the new factory.