We're a growing company which sells a physical product (along with services and software). Our supply chain is growing as is our operating network of consultants, contractors, service providers, etc.. I'm trying to get all of these various vendors/suppliers online, automated, visible and reportable. Basically looking for visibility, control and cost savings, maybe in that order. ARIBA is coming up in my online research but none of my immediate CFO/VPFin contacts use it. Hoping to get some insights from those who have used it or even tried it in the past.
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Gertrude Stein stated the date for her writing of The Making of Americans was 1906â8. Her biographer has uncovered evidence that it actually began in 1902 and did not end until 1911. Stein compared her work to James Joyce 's Ulysses and to Marcel Proust 's In Search of Lost Time.