Metropolitan Logistic Services
Bid Optimization
Harnessing the Power of Smart Procurement
The MLS Bid Optimization Service can electronically distribute bid information to your transportation providers, baseline costs, qualify carriers, receive and process bids, optimize results, measure savings, award the contract and create routing guides. Our procurement process has been proven effective in numerous implementations at leading companies from a variety of industries. With Bid Optimization you can leverage our extensive experience to maximize the effectiveness of your bid and minimize the administrative burden of strategic procurement.
Metropolitan’s Bid Optimization Services offers you:
- Lower transportation costs – Enabling transportation providers to offer more competitive bids, using online, information-sharing capabilities.
- Improved service reliability – By allowing transportation providers to respond with detailed information that goes beyond pricing you are assured more reliable capacity, better compliance and a subsequent drop in carrier refusal rates.
- Reduced workload through automation – Automatically generate an electronic request for proposal and organize bid data, significantly reducing the time spent processing bids by eliminating the need to merge/sort information.
- Improved decision-making – Utilize scenario management and optimization of the financial impact of proposed changes to an existing transportation policy to make informed decisions that align with your business objectives and long-term goals.
- Efficient procurement process – Our proven procurement process has been implemented at leading companies across various industries, minimizing the administrative burden of strategic procurement. From bid information distribution and processing to contract awarding and routing guide creation, we handle the entire process proficiently and effectively.
- Enhanced cost savings – With MLS Bid Optimization you can harness competitive bids and reduce transportation costs without compromising service quality – leading to substantial cost savings for your business.
What Our Clients Say
Metropolitan’s Logistic Services has been instrumental in driving cost savings for our transportation/operations. With their technology-driven approach and strong carrier network, Metropolitan’s team has been strategic in all facets of our supply chain process. We see significant reductions in transportation costs which continues to keep PB Heat competitively known as “The World’s Best Boiler”. We highly recommend Metropolitan Logistics’ industry expertise and VisiShip TMS Technology to any business looking to streamline procurement and maximize transportation efficiency.
Barry Walsh
Vice President Operations
Barry Walsh
Vice President Operations
Metropolitan’s Bid Management Services enable shippers to leverage savings in a shorter amount of time. When used in conjunction with the LCC, our comprehensive transportation management solution, shippers are provided with an optimal transportation strategy and unparalleled control of shipment execution to ensure routing compliance and realize savings on each and every shipment.