Industrial & Manufacturing

Creating lean, agile and responsive supply chains, for inbound raw materials and exports to global destinations.
Supply chains

100+

Supply chains

Years experience

300+

Years experience

Unique platforms

50+

Unique platforms

Outsourcing

  • Completely managed supply chain
  • Total documentation service
  • Global inventory management

Expertise

  • Decades working with large blue-chip organisations
  • JIT, finished goods & after-sales
  • Customs, commercial & financial compliance

Technology

  • Seamless ERP integration
  • Bespoke user dashboards
  • Automated workflows

I&M News & Insights

  • Red Sea crisis expanding and growing

    After the longest period of attack-free shipping in the Red Sea since December, the situation in the region is escalating, with an increase in Hout... Read more

  • Red Sea, garments and eCommerce among factors driving up airfreight rates

    Traditionally airfreight rates would soften at this time, as the start of the airline passenger summer season adds significant amounts of belly-hol... Read more

  • Strengthening global partnerships: India

    Metro’s main board recently completed a multi-city tour across India, as part of a strategy to fortify existing partnerships with key suppliers a... Read more

  • UK and EU customs border changes

    ICS2 advance filings will be used by EU customs to identify high-risk shipments from the 3rd June, while post-Brexit import charges which come into... Read more

  • 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

  • Avoiding the bill that Dali shippers will face

    The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after the container ship, Dali, collided with it last Tuesday. The eventual cost of the disaste... 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

  • 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

Case Study

Walking in the footsteps of giants

This British multinational is an iconic global brand and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment for construction, agriculture, waste handling and demolition.

Operating from 22 factories across Asia, Europe, North America and South America, this client has an 11,000 strong workforce, its products are sold in over 150 countries and Metro have been their preferred supply chain partner for 30 years.

A dedicated Metro department support the global manufacturing sites inbound and outbound supply chains, raising documentation, managing customer deliveries and providing logistics support to 750 worldwide dealers, with international ocean shipment by container, RoRo and conventional vessel.