SCMT$2-013/$ Maxtor Instruments designs, assembles and distributes specialized measurement instruments throughout the globe. They also source components and sub$-$assemblies from suppliers located in Europe, Asia and the Americas. One category of commodity they source are the plastic parts used throughout their product lines. Maxtor wants to re$-$evaluate its supply management strategy for plastics over the next $10$ years. In doing so$,$ Maxtor will most likely use $$ as a central part of their analysis. $q,$

Supply Base Optimization

Supply Counting

Supplier Evaluation

Supplier Selection