Facility Profile Questions Pathway (by Facility Type)
The Site Information section contains questions on facility type, product and material categories, facility processes and industry sector. Your facility’s responses to these questions will lead you through a series of predefined selections where you can select the applicable responses.
Note:
It is possible for multiple profile pathways to apply if more than one facility type is selected. This means that the facility would need to input information about the product category, material category, and facility processes for each selected facility type.
- For example, a vertical integrated facility will select two facility types (“Finished Product Assembler” and “Material Production” (Raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly)) and will need to provide information on the products, materials, and processes for each facility type.
Facility Type Definitions
There are several different facility types:
- Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining: The stage where materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state.
- Examples include: Cotton farming and ginning, processing of bottles and fabric scrap into new recycled materials, forestry, mining, and crude oil refinery
- Raw Material Processing: The stage where raw materials are processed into intermediate material products.
- Examples include: Yarn spinning, foundry, metal processing, and plastic injection
- Material Production: The stage where raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly.
- Examples include: Fabric dye-house, fabric manufacturer, yarn dyeing, PCB manufacturer, and hardgoods
- Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing (including Packaging): The stage where various components are manufactured.
- Examples include: Label, zipper, snap, button, elastic buggie, and cardboard
- Finished Product Processing: The stage where product printing, product painting, product dyeing, product laundering and product finishing such as embroidery & embellishments is completed.
- Examples include: Printing and dyeing of materials, including wet processing and laundering
- Finished Product Assembler: The stage where finished goods are produced or assembled.