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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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Healthcare Can Mitigate Disaster If We've Prepared For It | Five To Save

1/25/2022

Whether you're in an area where things are staring to look up or have never looked grimmer, we did actually find some tools to help you deal with the current (and any future) disaster.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, healthcare, reallocation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, crime in healthcare, buying medical supplies, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, loss and expiration avoidance, predictive analytics, medical devices, pharmacy inventory

Five To Save | How Close Is Healthcare To A Terminator Apocalypse? | Aug 14, 2018

8/14/2018

The machines are taking over the world. It's just a matter of time. We're all on the same page about that, right?

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Topics: selling medical inventory, healthcare, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, robotics, artificial intelligence, terminator, james cameron, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

5 Blogs That Will Ensure Your Supply Chain Success

8/9/2018

You’re a hardworking professional. You don’t have time to be scrolling LinkedIn just in case something useful or educational might show up.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, healthcare, reallocation, supply chain management, inventory management software, medical supply, savings, improvements, digital supply management, excess inventory, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

Five To Save | Is Your Leadership Learning Fast Enough? Are You? | Jul 30, 2018

7/30/2018

Leadership in healthcare, like in any other business, is a race, and everyone is jockeying for a better position. 

But the thing about positions - even in the C-suite - is that anyone can have them. And if you're not constantly speeding ahead, you might get passed up by someone who is.

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Topics: technology, physical inventory count, selling medical inventory, inventory valuation, healthcare, supply chain, inventory, newsletter, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, c suite, leadership, survey data, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

5 Ways To Strengthen Your Healthcare Cybersecurity

7/23/2018

The good thing about cybersecurity is that no one is interested in data from healthcare providers.

Oh, wait a second...

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Topics: selling medical inventory, healthcare, supply chain management, inventory management software, medical supply, improvements, iot, internet of things, digital supply management, passwords, cybersecurity, it security, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

Five To Save | You're Gonna Need A Bigger Antidote | June 11th, 2018

6/11/2018

You might recognize some of the problems in this week's five articles, and you'll definitely recognize that the solutions will have to be pretty big.

See what surprising lessons you can learn from Walmart, Homeland Security, and - inevitably - Shark Tank.

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Topics: technology, physical inventory count, selling medical inventory, inventory valuation, healthcare, supply chain, inventory, newsletter, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, gpo, walmart, shark tank, innovation, digital supply management, 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

Revving The App Right Up To The Red Line

5/21/2018

It may seem like it’s all fun and inventory games here at Z5, but we’re working hard all the time to make sure you have the best possible product in your hands. And to that end, let us officially unveil...
(insert trumpet sound here – but, like, a happy one, not a sad one)

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Topics: physical inventory count, selling medical inventory, Z5 Count Software, healthcare, reallocation, iOS, supply chain management, inventory management software, updates, app, redline, medical supply, 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

Does The Data Have To Agree With You?

5/7/2018

Much has been made lately of the results of the Cardinal Health Supply Chain Survey – and much should. 

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, healthcare, inventory, reallocation, supply chain management, inventory management software, statistics, cardinal health, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory