What Flowserve Purchases

Direct Materials

Castings and Forgings

  • Castings
  • Forgings
  • Metallic printing and additives

Raw Materials, Machining and Fabrications

  • Raw materials
  • Bar stock
  • Machined parts
  • Outside processes
  • Fabrications and structures
  • Piping

Ancillary Equipment

  • Controls and accessories
  • Instrumentation
  • Electronics
  • C-items
  • Gaskets and seals
  • Carbon and ceramics
  • Rubber and plastics

Buyouts

  • Motors and drives
  • Gears and gearboxes
  • Bearings and couplings
  • Turbines
  • Actuation

Indirect Goods and Services

Facilities

  • Maintenance
  • Office supplies
  • Plant equipment
  • Utilities

MRO

  • Tooling
  • Consumables
  • Gases
  • Welding equipment
  • Personal protection equipment (PPE)

Professional Services

  • HR services
  • Legal services
  • Training
  • Media and promotion

IT

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Security

Other

  • Testing
  • Travel

Logistics and Transportation

Transportation

  • Trucking FTL and LTL (full truckload and less than truckload)
  • Ocean
  • Air
  • Parcel and courier
  • Rail

Third-Party/Fourth-Party Logistics (3PL/4PL)

  • Pick, pack and ship
  • Packaging and preservation
  • Warehousing

Freight Handling

  • Duties and taxes
  • Brokerage
  • Freight forwarding