To be eligible for consideration, organizations must:

• Be a publicly or privately held business
• Eligible applicants must be companies actively engaged in the manufacturing industry, possess an operational manufacturing function within their business structure, or be vendors/brands that provide essential services, technologies, or products to the manufacturing sector, seeking to be recognized through this program
• Be a for-profit, not-for-profit business or government entity
• Have a minimum of 10 full-time or part-time employees working in the US/Canada
• Must be in business a minimum of one year

How to enter your organization

All organizations will participate in one of three ways:

1. As an individual organization possessing one Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) or Business Number.

2. As the parent/holding company of multiple organizations with one FEIN/Business Number for all subsidiaries. The parent/holding company must register with all eligible employees working for that parent/holding company.

3. Subsidiaries of a parent/holding organization may register separately if each subsidiary organization possesses a separate FEIN/Business Number. If the organization has multiple facilities, branches, factories, offices or stores, all locations must be included in the survey if they operate under the same FEIN/Business Number.

Which employees to include

Include all current, full- and part-time US/Canada employees in the survey process, from the CEO, partners, all the way to line-level employees, including remote employees. Remote employees are defined as employees that work from home or on the road who directly report to a supervisor in the US/Canada. Employees physically located outside of the US/Canada are not eligible.

Exclude all temporary, seasonal or per diem employees, PRN, 1099 employees/independent contractors, volunteers, interns, outside consultants or staffing employees placed by other organizations.