Tier 1 supplier

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Commerce - supply chains - supply chain finance (SCF).

A tier 1 supplier is an individual or organisation that provides a final product directly to a customer.

All of our tier 1 suppliers are direct links to ourselves, in our supply chain.


Contrasted with tier 2 - and other tiers - further along our supply chain.


Treasury support for suppliers through supply chain
"There are also alternative [supply chain finance] support structures in use, in particular what is known as ‘deep-tier’ financing.
This approach sees treasury at end customers provide support not just to tier 1 suppliers, but also to those in tiers further along the supply chain.
Such suppliers are mostly smaller companies and more likely to be vulnerable to economic disruption."
The Treasurer May 2023 Issue 2, p10.


See also