In 2014 FLOW was born out of the need to support IKEA enter the Multi-Channel Sales business within Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

FLOW commissioned SAK Consultant to supervise the construction work of a dedicated customer order and e-Commerce fulfilment center in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). This development form part of the implementation of FLOW strategic plan to be the market leader in Saudi Arabia for Contract Logistics and e-Commerce fulfilment services. The facility in KAEC will have 50,000 pallet positions in its 38m high bay storage facility with an additional 80,000 tote positions in phase 1 for small items goods-to man picking. The facility is designed to deliver 2,000 customer orders per day in two shifts and will be ready for operation Q2 2017.

FLOW facility; an automated warehousing, comprises of steel structures warehouses; mainly HBW Building of galvanized steel by rack 10 lanes, retrieval machines (SRM) and 5 aisle switching (Length approx. 186,100 mm, Width approx. 40,750 mm& Height approx. 34,450mm), Mini load Area (Length approx. 59,000 mm, Width approx. 43,650 mm& Height approx. 20,000 mm), Picking Area (Length approx. 127,100 mm, Width approx. 78,750 mm& Height approx. 20,000 mm), Order Consolidation& Shipping Area (Length approx. 141,600 mm, Width approx. 60,500 mm& Height approx. 15,500 – 20,000 mm), Services Utilities and Site Development including hard and soft capes and boundary walls.