FDCO — First Decade Logistics Company | Nothing falls between us.
Riyadh · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Nothing falls
between us.

The site, the facility, and the operation inside it — from one group, under one accountability. Take a site, an operation, or both.

Operating across nine sectors

Reference projects

2007

Operating in the Kingdom since

Nineteen years operating critical facilities before we ran networks.

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People on operations

Across Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Makkah.

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Warehouses operated

Ambient, chilled and frozen, under one control tower.

01 How the group works

Three roles inside one group, and one contract.

Develops and owns the site

Where a facility does not exist, the group builds it.

Site sourcing and municipal interface across the Kingdom's main logistics corridors. Build-to-suit development and conversions, from land control through permitting, design and construction to handover.

    Turnkey

    Handover

    Service lines
    02 The seams we close

    Things rarely break inside a scope. They break between them.

    One group holds the site, the facility and the operation — so there is no gap to fall into, and no second party to argue with when something needs to change.

    A distribution centre is a building before it is a network node — and it fails like one.

    LandlordOperator

    Subl develops and owns the site; FDCO runs the facility.

    BuildingProcess

    Nineteen years operating critical facilities before we ran networks.

    ConstructionGo-live

    Build and operate under one appointment.

    ForecastSeason

    Capacity committed months before a peak, not chased during it.

    FacilityFacility

    One control tower over every site, vehicle and order.

    03 Methodology

    The widest coverage with the fewest nodes.

    Before capacity is committed anywhere, the network is modelled against real constraints — access windows, municipal rules, utility capacity, labour supply. Every site is scored before it is signed.

    How we plan networks
    Site scorecard 100%
    Access friction25%
    Demand density25%
    Regulatory fit20%
    Utilities & IT15%
    Neighbourhood impact15%
    How to begin

    Take a site, an operation, or both. The contract stays in one place either way.

    04 Group structure

    Three roles inside one group, and one contract.

    A client can take a site, an operation, or both — without managing the seam between two suppliers, and without a second counterparty when something needs to change.

    Subl

    Develops and owns the site

    • Site sourcing
    • Municipal interface
    • Build-to-suit development
    • Lease structuring
    • Turnkey handover
    FDCO

    Runs the facility

    • Network design & planning
    • Integrated facility management
    • Operations & maintenance
    • Technical services, MEP, fit-out
    • Data centres & critical facilities
    WeServe

    Runs the operation inside it

    • Warehousing & fulfilment
    • Transport & distribution
    • Last-mile & on-demand
    • Dark stores & micro-fulfilment
    • Control tower & automation

    The client contracts with FDCO. One counterparty for all three.

    05 Why the structure matters
    01

    We own the site and the operation.

    Most logistics operators run space they do not control. Most developers cannot operate what they build. We can take a client from site search to a running node under a single accountability.

    02

    We ran buildings before we ran networks.

    Since 2007: government facilities, Class-A offices, secure data centres — environments where downtime is not survivable.

    03

    We commit capacity before the peak.

    Site sourcing, municipal interface, fit-out and MEP sit inside the group. There is no vendor chain to assemble between a decision and a first shipment.

    Most suppliers can tell you what they are responsible for. Fewer can tell you what happens when the answer is nobody.

    WeServe A FDCO company

    Saudi Arabia's tech-enabled last-mile and fulfilment operator. Delivering on time, safely, with quality.

    Control tower
    One view of every facility, vehicle and order
    Systems
    Warehouse and ERP integration
    Delivery
    Route optimisation, driver application, ePOD
    Automation
    Warehouse automation and robotics
    Coverage
    Riyadh · Jeddah · Dammam
    Compliance
    Fully licensed Saudi operator, Saudization compliant
    Subl A FDCO company

    Logistics real estate — developed, owned and handed over ready to run. Where a facility does not exist, the group builds it.

    Development
    Build-to-suit and conversions, land control to handover
    Site sourcing
    Municipal interface across the Kingdom's corridors
    Structuring
    Lease structuring and turnkey delivery
    Specification
    Clear height, dock ratio, yard depth, power and cooling — written from the operation backwards
    06 What we do

    Six service lines, each tagged with the group company that delivers it.

    Before capacity is committed anywhere, the network is modelled. We profile demand by category, season, order size and destination, then size the facilities, place the hubs, plan the fleet, specify the systems, and set out the phasing and the investment each phase requires.

    Scenarios are run against real constraints — access windows, municipal rules, utility capacity, labour supply — so the answer is one that can be built and licensed, not only one that models well. The output is a cost-to-serve per unit and a phasing plan the client can fund in stages.

    The widest coverage with the fewest nodes.

    The site scorecard

    25%

    Access friction

    25%

    Demand density

    20%

    Regulatory fit

    15%

    Utilities & IT

    15%

    Neighbourhood

    Goods are received against ASN, inspected and put away into the correct temperature zone — ambient, chilled or frozen — with slotting driven by velocity so the fastest lines sit closest to dispatch. Stock is tracked by batch and expiry on a first-expired-first-out rule, and verified by perpetual cycle counting rather than an annual stop.

    Orders are picked to scan, consolidated customer by customer and staged against the dispatch window. Fast-moving lines cross-dock straight through without touching storage. Ahead of a known peak, stock is pre-positioned so the network is loaded before demand arrives rather than chasing it.

    Ambient

    Chilled

    Frozen

    Goods move from suppliers and from port into the network on planned line-haul, out to city hubs overnight, and on to customers inside the windows in which they can actually receive. Loads are built for cube and weight together, and backhaul is planned rather than left empty.

    Time-critical consignments run on timed routes, where the window matters more than the distance. Core capacity is operated in-house against base demand; peak capacity is contracted months ahead, because in this market vehicles cannot be found once a season has started.

    Station-based urban delivery with a flexible fleet and live tracking. Same-day fulfilment for food, grocery and retail, integrated to the client's platform so an order reaches the floor without anyone re-keying it.

    Routes are built on drop density rather than distance, because density is what decides cost per order. Performance is managed on first-attempt delivery — the single measure that moves both service and cost — with failed drops analysed by cause, not counted.

    Dark stores and micro-fulfilment centres are operated end to end: stocked, replenished, picked and dispatched.

    Planned preventive maintenance on a managed schedule, integrated facility management, MEP, fit-out and rebranding, and the operation of critical facilities including secure data centres. Work is issued and closed on a maintenance system, with critical spares held rather than ordered after failure.

    This is the oldest discipline in the group, and the reason the logistics operation runs the way it does. Refrigeration, power, fire systems and dock equipment are the failure points that stop a distribution centre — and they are engineering problems before they are logistics problems.

    Site sourcing and municipal interface across the Kingdom's main logistics corridors. Build-to-suit development and conversions, from land control through permitting, design and construction to handover, then lease structuring and turnkey delivery.

    Specification is written from the operation backwards — clear height, dock-door ratio, yard depth, floor loading, power and cooling sized for what will actually run inside. A building designed around the process costs less to operate for every year it stands.

    07 How we engage

    Engagement follows the shape of the problem — not a fixed product.

    Managed operation

    The client's logistics become FDCO's responsibility. We design the network, run the facilities and the fleet, hold the service levels, and report performance against agreed measures.

    Dedicated operation

    A facility, a fleet or a station operated exclusively for one client, to that client's programme and standards.

    Shared operation

    Capacity shared across clients where volumes do not justify a dedicated site.

    Build and operate

    The group develops the facility through Subl and operates it under the same appointment — one counterparty from land to live operation.

    Facility only

    Integrated facility management and technical services on the client's own site.

    08 How the network runs

    End to end, under one control tower.

    Select a stage to see what happens there.

    CONTROL TOWER One view of every facility, vehicle and order Direct delivery for full loads — bypassing the hubs INBOUND Suppliers & port CORE Distribution centre FORWARD City hubs DEMAND Customers

    Inbound

    Suppliers & port

    Line-haul into the network. Goods move from suppliers and from port on planned routes, with loads built for cube and weight together and backhaul planned rather than left empty.

    Visibility

    One view of every facility, vehicle and order, in real time.

    Temperature

    Monitored through storage and transport, with an alert on breach.

    Performance

    Reported against agreed measures, to the client and its shareholder.

    Proof

    Driver application and electronic proof of delivery on every drop.

    09 Planning ahead of demand

    A peak is not a surprise.

    Capacity, stock and labour are committed against a forecast months before the season — because in this market vehicles and space cannot be found once it has started.

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    Seasonal

    Ramadan and Hajj planned as capacity events, not as overtime.

    2

    Structural

    Network re-modelled when volumes shift, not once a year.

    3

    Operational

    Slotting and routing re-profiled as velocity changes.

    4

    Commercial

    Cost-to-serve tracked per unit, visible to the client.

    Actual demand Forecast — capacity committed
    TODAY Months before season Peak

    Capacity

    Vehicles and labour booked ahead of the curve

    Stock

    Pre-positioned into city hubs before demand lands

    Slotting

    Re-profiled as velocity shifts through the season

    Figure 2 — Demand modelled forward; capacity committed against the curve, not after it.

    Technology

    Every facility, vehicle and order sits on one system.

    Visibility is not a report at the end of the month — it is the same live record the client sees.

    10 Control tower

    One view of every facility, vehicle and order.

    Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Makkah run on one record. What we see, the client sees.

    Control towerONE VIEW OF EVERY FACILITY, VEHICLE AND ORDERNETWORK VIEW4 CITIESHUB 01HUB 03HUB 02HUB 05HUB 04DISTRIBUTION CENTREOn-time, in-fullMeasured per drop, reported dailyDock-to-stockReceipt to put-away, tracked by hourPick accuracyScanned at every touchFirst-attempt deliveryThe measure that decides cost per orderCHILLED CHAIN · STORAGE THROUGH TRANSPORTUPPER LIMIT — ALERT ON BREACHEVENT FEEDInbound receivedDock 04 · put-away startedRoute optimisedCity hubs · overnight legPeak stock pre-positionedAhead of the season

    Figure 3 — The control tower. One record, shared with the client. Live figures are reported to each client against their own agreed measures.

    11 Multi-temperature

    Three temperature zones, one building.

    Goods are received, inspected and put away into the correct zone, with slotting driven by velocity so the fastest lines sit closest to dispatch.

    InboundFrozenChilledAmbientPick & packDispatchGOODS FLOWONE OPERATION, ONE CONTRACT

    01 · Receipt

    Goods arrive at the inbound docks, are inspected and put away.

    02 · Storage

    Held in the correct zone — ambient, chilled or frozen — slotted so the fastest lines sit closest to dispatch.

    03 · Pick & pack

    Orders picked to scan and consolidated customer by customer.

    04 · Dispatch

    Staged against the dispatch window and loaded out.

    Figure 4 — A multi-temperature facility: receipt, storage, automated movement, pick and pack, dispatch.

    12 One thread

    Order to proof of delivery.

    No re-keying between systems. Every step is timestamped, and the client sees the same record we do.

    01

    Client platform

    Order placed

    02

    Warehouse system

    Stock allocated

    03

    Transport system

    Route optimised

    04

    Driver application

    Scanned at handover

    05

    Proof of delivery

    Closed and reported

    Figure 5 — The digital thread from order to proof of delivery.

    WeServe A FDCO company

    Warehousing, transport and last-mile run as one operation under one system, rather than a series of handoffs between providers.

    Control tower

    One view of every facility, vehicle and order

    Systems

    Warehouse and ERP integration

    Delivery

    Route optimisation, driver application, ePOD

    Automation

    Warehouse automation and robotics

    13 Reference projects

    Proven execution across the Kingdom.

    Client names are withheld under confidentiality. Sector and scale are stated.

    Project

    Client type

    Scale

    Kingdom-wide warehousing network

    End-to-end operation of 21 warehouses: inbound and outbound loading, sorting, B2B distribution

    Leading FMCG company

    21 facilities

    Quick-commerce last-mile programme, Riyadh

    Station-based delivery operated as a dedicated fleet under the client's programme

    Global e-commerce company

    ~100-unit fleet
    single station

    High-volume on-demand delivery, Riyadh and Jeddah

    Delivery and last-mile management for one of the largest aggregators operating in the Kingdom

    Saudi food-delivery platforms

    —

    Dark store and micro-fulfilment operations

    Urban facilities operated end to end for rapid fulfilment

    E-commerce and quick-commerce

    —

    Integrated facility management, Riyadh

    Full-service management of high-profile government and private-sector buildings, including Class-A offices

    Government and private sector

    —

    Data-centre operations

    Full operational management and technical support for secure data centres

    Government and private sector

    —

    Mall facility management

    Integrated facility management of a commercial mall

    Retail

    32 stores
    32-person team

    National retail fit-out and rebranding

    Complete fit-out, MEP and rebranding across a branch network

    Sports and fitness chain

    —

    Residential complex operations

    Facility management of a residential complex

    Large-scale developer

    1,500 units

    Commercial and residential construction

    Construction and MEP for commercial towers and residential housing

    Large-scale developers

    —

    Sectors served

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    Nothing falls between us.

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    • FDCO — facility & network operations
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    • Subl — logistics real estate

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