MSI Facility Type to Tier Mapping Reference
The following guidance aligns FEM/FDM/MSI facility types with their corresponding tier types. This aligns with the public guidance from Textile Exchange.
Tier 1
- Finished Product Assembler
- Finished goods production/ final product assembly (e.g., shirts, pants, footwear)
- Final product knitting (e.g.,socks, scarfs, caps)
- Finished Product Processing - Product Printing, Product Painting, Embroidery & Embellishments, Buffing & Polishing, Moulding etc.
- Printing and painting of products
- Home Furnishing : Buffing & Polishing, Moulding etc.
- Finished Product Processing - Product Dyeing, Product Laundering and Product Finishing
- Dyeing of products, including wet processing, and laundering
Tier 2
- Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing, including Packaging
- Label, zipper, snap, button, elastic bungee, cardboard, moulds
- Home Furnishing : Metal Handle
- Footwear : Uppers, Soles, Laces etc.
- Material Production - Raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly
- Fabric dye-house, fabric manufacturer, yarn dyeing, PCB manufacturer, fabric printing
- Hardgoods: Metal pieces, wooden laminates, metal plating
Tier 3
- Raw Material Processing - Raw Materials are processed into intermediate material products
- Yarn spinning
- Hardgoods: foundry, metal processing, plastic injection, Wood Planks
Tier 4
- Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining - Materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state
- Cotton farming and ginning, processing of bottles, fabric scrap, etc. into new recycled materials, forestry, mining, crude oil refinery, MMC pulp production, MMC fiber production
- Home Furnishing : Wooden Logs , Metal Sheet rolls.
Active and Historic Facility Types
The following table contains both Active and Historic facility types to use for year over year analysis.
- Active facility types - These facilities are in the current FEM version
- Historic facility types - These facilities were in previous FEM versions
sipfacilitytype
tier
Active FEM?
Chemical & Raw Material Production
Tier 4
Historic
Component and parts manufacturing, including molding
Tier 2
Historic
Components, electronic and electrical
Tier 2
Historic
Finished Product Assembler
Tier 1
Active
Final Product Assembly
Tier 1
Historic
Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing (incl Packaging) (e.g. Label, Zipper, Snap, Button, Elastic Bungee, cardboard, etc)
Tier 2
Active
Hard Product Component & Trim Production (Plastic, Metal, Wood)
Tier 2
Historic
Material Production (textile, rubber, foam, insulation, pliable materials)
Tier 2
Historic
Material Production (Raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly) (e.g. Fabric dye-house, Fabric manufacturer, Yarn Dyeing, PCB manufacturer, etc)
Tier 2
Active
Other
Other
Historic
Packaging manufacturer
Packaging
Historic
Packaging Production
Packaging
Historic
Printing, Product Dyeing and Laundering
Tier 1
Historic
Product Assembly
Tier 1
Historic
Product Assembly, sub-assemblies and final assembly
Tier 1
Historic
Raw Material Manufacturing
Tier 4
Historic
Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining (Materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state) (eg. Cotton Farming and Ginning, processing of bottles, fabric scrap, etc.. into new recycled material)
Tier 4
Active
Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining (Materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state) (eg. Cotton Farming and Ginning, processing of bottles, fabric scrap, etc. into new recycled material, Manufacture and/or formulation of Chemicals)
Tier 4
Active
Raw Material Manufacturer
Tier 4
Historic
Raw Material Processing (Raw Materials are processed into intermediate material products) (e.g. Yarn Spinning).
Tier 3
Active
Finished Product Processing (Product Printing, Product Painting, Product Dyeing, Product Laundering and Product Finishing, Embroidery & Embellishments)
Tier 1
Active