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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services, which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.
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Alex Diamond

Raised in the armpit of East Texas before escaping to the civilization of Austin, Alex is an author and former radio/podcast personality. If you ever run into him, ask him about the day he split his pants in front of the Lone Ranger.
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Five To Save | They Weren't Prepared For Shortages. Are You? | Sep 24, 2018

9/24/2018

There are some things you just can't control. Your suppliers. Your government. Mother Nature herself. What you can do is: prepare for when disaster strikes.  

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, natural disasters, preparation, shortages, trade war

What's The Cost of Count Sheets? Billions. Every Year.

9/17/2018

Count sheets have been a fixture of healthcare inventory for decades. And they suck.

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, count sheets

Five To Save | Trouble With Security? Recruiting? Expense? We Warned You. | Sep 10, 2018

9/10/2018

Hate to say "I told you so..."

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

Five To Save | The Future Of Pharma Is Female | Aug 27, 2018

8/27/2018

More than pharmaceuticals, actually, but "healthcare supply chain" doesn't flow quite as nicely.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, womens health, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, wage gap, equality, gender, logistics, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

5 Keys To Communicating Clearly In The Supply Chain

8/20/2018

Whether you’re talking to your suppliers, staff, clinicians, or customers, the nuts and bolts of communication are the same.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, squirrels, erp, crm, feedback, customer relationship, patients, basecamp, slack, communication, healthcare inventory, buying medical 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

Z5 Inventory Saves Customers Millions By Preventing Expiration

8/13/2018

Austin Company Manages Over $280M In Healthcare Product

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Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, supply chain management, medical supply, savings, digital supply management, excess inventory, ahrmm18, press release, product, 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

5 Qualifications Of An Employee Who Will Actually Work

8/6/2018

You want your organization to be successful. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be spending time reading blogs about improving your industry. Y’know, like this blog. (Please keep reading this blog.)

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, savings, innovation, improvements, digital supply management, excess inventory, disruption, cybersecurity, hiring, employment, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory

We're All Up In AHRMMs

8/1/2018

 

After conquering HFMA, we're rounding out the summer of healthcare shows at AHRMM18 in Chicago. This is the conference dedicated to "Advancing the Healthcare Supply Chain." And that's where we beat the competition with one AHRMM behind our back.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, savings, conferences, trade shows, improvements, digital supply management, excess inventory, ahrmm18, buying medical inventory, travel