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Open Supply Hub Facility & Processing Type Taxonomy
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Understanding Facility Types and Processing Types:

- Facility Type: describes what a facility does at a high level (e.g., Raw material processing, Textile or Material Production). OS Hub uses seven general categories.
- Processing Type: describes specific activities that happen at the facility in more detail (e.g., cutting, dyeing, packaging).

How to upload this data to OS Hub: Use the optional field facility_type_processing_type in the OS Hub Data Upload Template. Enter values exactly as shown in the list below, and separate multiple values with a comma (,) or vertical bar (|).
Example: Final Product Assembly, Cutting, Sewing, Finishing

How it appears on OS Hub: After upload, your values will appear on facility profiles and in two searchable drop-down menus on the OS Hub website Facility Type values show in the "Facility Type" menu, and Processing Type values show in the "Processing Type" menu.

NOTE: This taxonomy is applicable to facilities in the Apparel sector.
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Facility Type (facility_type)Processing Type (processing_type)
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Raw Material Processing or ProductionBiological Recycling
Boiling
Breeding
Chemical Recycling
Chemical Synthesis
Collecting
Concentrating
Disassembly
Down Processing
Dry Spinning
Extrusion
Ginning
Hatchery
Mechanical Recycling
Melt Spinning
Preparation
Preparatory
Processing Site
Pulp making
Raw Material Processing or Production
Retting
Scouring
Shredding
Slaughterhouse
Slaughtering
Sorting
Spinning
Standardization/ Chemical finishing
Synthetic Leather Production
Tannery
Tanning
Textile Recycling
Top making
Twisting/Texturizing Facility
Wet Spinning
Yarn spinning
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Textile or Material ProductionBlending
Bonding
Buffing
Components
Doubling
Embellishment
Embossing
Embroidery
Fabric Mill
Flat Knit
Fusing
Garment Accessories Manufacturing
Knitting
Circular Knitting
Lace Knitting
Knitting Seamless
Knitting V Bed
Knitting Warp
Laminating
Material Creation
Material Production
Mill
Non woven manufacturing
Non-woven Processing
Painting
Pressing
Pelletizing
Spraying
Straight bar knitting
Textile or Material Production
Textile Mill
Weaving
Welding
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Printing, Product Dyeing and LaunderingBatch Dyeing
Coating
Continuous dyeing
Direct Digital Ink Printing
Dyeing
Fabric All Over Print
Fabric Chemical Finishing
Finishing
Fiber Dye
Flat Screen Printing
Garment Dyeing
Garment Place Print
Garment Wash
Garment Finishing
Hand Dye
Laundering
Laundry
Pre-treatment
Printing
Printing, Product Dyeing and Laundering
Product Dyeing
Rotary Printing
Screen Printing
Spray Dye
Sublimation
Textile Dyeing
Textile Printing
Textile Chemical Finishing
Textile Mechanical Finishing
Tye Dye
Washing
Wet Processing
Wet roller printing
Yarn Dyeing
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Final Product AssemblyAssembly
Cutting
Cut & Sew
Embellishment
Embroidery
Final Product Assembly
Finished Goods
Ironing
Knitwear Assembly
Knit Composite
Linking
Manufacturing
Making up
Marker Making
Molding
Packaging
Pattern Grading
Pleating
Pressing
Product Finishing
Ready Made Garment
Sample Making
Seam taping
Sewing
Steaming
Stitching
Tailoring
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Office / HQHeadquarters
No processing
Office
Office / HQ
Recruitment Agency
Sourcing Agent
Trading
Union Headquarters/Office
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Warehousing / DistributionPacking
Warehousing / Distribution
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Recruitment AgencyRecruitment Agency
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