RSS Feed We've assembled our very own monster squad of the worst threats to effective healthcare inventory management. These common issues will take a bite out of your time, suck dry your budget, and generally wreak havoc on your ability to deliver your patients and communities the best possible care.
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Hospitals don't have enough medical or human resources to tackle their caseloads. Which begs the question: what do they have enough of? The answer...
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Healthcare providers set savings goals without any of the resources necessary to meet those goals. So how are supply chain managers supposed to meet their expiration avoidance goals each year?
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Supply shortages and vaccine mandates are making healthcare employees feel unsafe. If they leave their jobs - and possibly the healthcare field overall - their hospitals will be even more strapped for resources, and their communities will be more unsafe.
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After analyzing years’ worth of project and customer data, we've drastically expanded the capabilities of our software in order to empower health care workers to make informed supply decisions on their own every day.
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The common wisdom is not to trust anything you read on the internet. Which doesn't seem all that wise.
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Z5 Inventory CEO Carl Natenstedt is a featured speaker at the AHRMM21+ virtual conference Wednesday, September 15.
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You don't have to be a supply chain expert to understand that nothing happens in a vacuum. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped make that increasingly clear to everyone.
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Our team is at AHRMM21 this week, but believe it or not, trade shows will not - and cannot - be the same as they always were. Not right now, and maybe not for the foreseeable future.
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How is it that the phrase "the numbers are in" immediately conjures images of danger and doom? Can't "the numbers ever be good?
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