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

  • Red Sea update

    The last three months of 2023 were some of the worst for liner shipping’s finances in recent years, while early volume indications for this year ... Read more

  • Baltimore supply chain contingencies

    In Baltimore work to remove the 9,662 TEU vessel Dali and damaged bridge has begun, with seven floating cranes and 30 vessels on scene, but with 4,... Read more

  • Maersk vessel collapses Baltimore bridge

    The Dali, a time chartered Maersk container vessel with two pilots onboard, crashed into a support pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimo... Read more

  • TPM and US review

    Organised by the Journal of Commerce, TPM (Transpacific Maritime Conference) is the premier global shipping and supply chain conference, attracting... Read more

  • 2024 tech road-map

    Metro has been innovating leading-edge supply chain management, tracking and business-process technology for 20 years and in 2024 we will continue ... Read more

  • Sustainability key to long-term Panama Canal

    With 5% of global maritime trade and 40% of US container traffic using the Atlantic-Pacific shortcut, the Panama Canal is a critical link in global... Read more

  • Near-shoring boosted by supply chain disruption

    The post-COVID environment, geopolitical uncertainty, protectionism, climate-change events and now the Red Sea crisis have all put pressure on glob... Read more

  • Research uncovers scale of Red Sea disruption

    New research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has found that over half of importing manufacturers and retailers (53%) have been impacted b... Read more

  • US importers face inventory replenishment quandary

    Many US companies, including big retailers, were successful over the course of 2023 in clearing out the stockpiles of inventory, that they built up... 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.