Based on Chapter 9, Chapter 10 ; Choi, T. and T. Linton. 2017 and the scenario from "Selecting suppliers for FastTires".

An RFI Links to an external site.(request for information) educates RFI responses explore how a vendor might solve a problem or fill a need

An RFQLinks to an external site. (request for quotation) quantifies RFQ responses provide the cost of meeting a specific need

An RFPLinks to an external site. (request for proposal) compares RFP responses evaluate the merits of each vendor compared to others

First Post:

Based on your understanding, for each of the above, list 3 items/information that you consider most useful.

What I'm looking for is a shortlist of the kinds of information that can be requested in each of the 3 categories .

i.e. for each of the 3 categories, I want you to post 3 kinds of information that can be requested.

e.g. for the RFI, one of the items you can inquire about is the supplier's current capacity and capacity utilization.

So each students lists a total of 9 items (3 for RFI, 3 for RFQ and 3 for RFP).