The Supply Chain view on the Analytics page answers two questions: how many of your products have a supply chain mapped through each tier, and how many of the facilities you name hold a social certification. Both are counted from the supply chain attached to each product, never from the supplier library on its own.
The tiers
The tiers follow the usual apparel definitions and are cumulative: a product mapped to Tier 4 is also mapped to Tiers 1 to 3.
- Tier 1 is assembly, the factory that makes the finished garment.
- Tier 2 is fabric and yarn processing: weaving or knitting, dyeing, printing, finishing and the trims.
- Tier 3 is yarn spinning and yarn processing.
- Tier 4 is fibre and raw material production.
What counts as mapped
A facility counts when it is named on the product, whether typed in or loaded from the library. A slot that carries only a country does not count, and neither does a fabric or yarn supplier that trades rather than produces.
Only the processes a product actually has are required. A dye house or print house is asked for when the layer or yarn is dyed or printed, a wash plant when the garment is washed, and a trim supplier for every trim you entered. A knitted garment needs no separate mill, because the knitting happens at the assembly factory. Packaging suppliers are not part of the garment's supply chain and are never counted.
At Tier 4 a named raw material producer and a country of origin on every fibre row count the same.
A product reaches a tier only when every fabric layer and yarn block on it is mapped to that tier. One unmapped lining stops the whole product at the tier below.
Social certifications
The table lists the facilities named on your products by the role they play, and how many of them hold BSCI, SEDEX, SA8000, WRAP or another social certification among the certificates on their record. Names are matched loosely, so "amfori BSCI" counts as BSCI. A facility that appears on several products or in several roles is counted once per role.
Filters
The Status and Season filters narrow the products counted. Archived products are always left out. See complete a product for where the supply chain is entered.
