Millions of details must be met to run your business; a vendor RFP can help ensure they happen right and on time

By Melissa Sepos

“If you’re a Williams-Sonoma or an L.L. Bean where purchases are significant, it makes sense to develop an RFP. But an RFP is a lot of work. It’s not something you knock off in an afternoon,” says Padgitt. “Smaller companies don’t need to take what an RFP requires for small purchases, typically the kind small catalogs make. It wouldn’t make sense to take the time and effort.”