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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind Count, Reallocate, Buy, which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.
Find out how to solve healthcare's $5 Billion inventory waste problem today. Then get back to the ridiculous gifs we found this week. 

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Is The Healthcare Industry Recession-Proof? | Five To Save

8/30/2022

Is your supply chain stable? Are healthcare providers immune to Betteridge's Law? These and other questions answered by this blog (and your common sense).

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Topics: supply chain management, amazon, five to save, disruption, survey data, hiring, healthcare inventory, supplier relationships, pandemic, medical supply chain jobs, inventory management, medical supply procurement, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices, healthcare industry salaries, supply chain industry salaries, benefits, healthcare professionals, supply chain visibility, savings goals, use cases

Health Systems Rate Poorly As Employers | Five To Save

7/26/2022

Hospitals have long had a monopoly on care delivery, so they've rarely had to act competitively as businesses. That's beginning to change.

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Topics: amazon, mergers, five to save, disruption, hiring, healthcare inventory, hospital logistics, medical supply chain tracking software, medical supply chain jobs, healthcare industry salaries, supply chain industry salaries

Five To Save | Why Does Everyone Want To Clean Up Healthcare?

10/29/2019

It seems like everyone has a miracle fix for US hospitals. Can hospitals not help themselves? 

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, medical supply, ups, improvements, digital supply management, disruption, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, shipping

Amazon Prime Day for Medical and Surgical Supplies

7/16/2019

Why wait for one day a year to get great deals, when you could be saving on every order you place?

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, year of the pig, buying medical supplies

Five To Save | Competition, Adaptation, Security - What Worries You Most?

4/29/2019

Are your biggest threats banging down your doors or coming from inside the house? 

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, medical supply, digital supply management, survey data, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, crime, year of the pig, healthcare logistics, competition

Five To Save | Your Hospital Is Your Business. Act Like It | Jan. 21, 2019

1/21/2019

Here's a crazy idea: running a hospital like a business.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, amazon, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, donating medical supplies, out of stock, supplier relationships

The Five Best Healthcare Articles of 2018

12/17/2018

The year isn’t done yet, but as we’ve already explained, we’re over it. More and more of the workday is dominated by discussions of the office party and debates of “how ugly does a sweater have to be to qualify as an ugly sweater?”

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, whole foods, shark tank, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, the onion, top 5 list, 2018

Five To Save | What Disruptors Like Amazon Can Disrupt... And What They Can't | July 16, 2018

7/16/2018

Seems like the only way people would be talking even more about Amazon these past few weeks is if it were a blockchain company. (Which isn't exactly a joke, since it could become true sooner than later.)

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Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, supply chain management, inventory management software, amazon, medical supply, five to save, blockchain, digital supply management, excess inventory, disruption, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

Five To Save | You Have The Power! Redefine Your Bottom Line | May 28, 2018

5/29/2018

You've got more in common with He-Man than you may think.

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, healthcare, supply chain, inventory, newsletter, reallocation, supply chain management, amazon, medical supply, he man, hlth 2018, whole foods, contracts, five to save, trade shows, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

Five To Save | The All-Stars Are Playing In A New League | May 14, 2018

5/14/2018

What happens when the biggest player in a league decides to play a different sport altogether?

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, buying inventory, healthcare, supply chain, inventory, newsletter, supply chain management, amazon, holidays, microsoft, mergers, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory