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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.
Find out how to solve healthcare's $5 Billion inventory waste problem today. Then get back to reading what we have for you from healthcare industry.

 

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Five To Save | How The Pandemic Hurts Hospital Employees

5/12/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank is taking a well-deserved nap to destress. And you should, too!

The problem is larger than the inconvenience of putting on more protective equipment.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical supplies, patient safety, hospital supply chain, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, stress, personal protective equipment

Emergency Sourcing: Be Careful Who You Trust

5/5/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank once again welcomes you to the Take 5: An Inventory Series podcast.

Too many suppliers are promising too much product that's too good to be true. So we've got some steps you can take to avoid getting burned.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, youtube, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, podcasts, sourcing, take 5, web series

Take 5 Minutes To Learn About Emergency Sourcing

4/27/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank asks you to take five minutes to listen to our new podcast series.

We're not asking for much of your time, because you don't have much time to spare.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, youtube, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, podcasts, sourcing, take 5, web series

Z5 Donates To The Texas Supply Chain Strike Force

3/31/2020

Z5 Inventory donates $400K of supplies to the Texas Supply Chain Strike Force.

We're doing everything we can to help stem the COVID-19 pandemic. And one of the things we could do was donate medical supplies to the Texas Supply Chain Strike Force.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, healthcare inventory, medical logistics, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, donations, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, texas supply chain strike force

Medical Supply Donations - How To Give & Receive

3/23/2020

Donated medical supplies are essential in the fight against COVID-19, and Z5 Inventory can help.

The need for respirator masks and personal protective equipment is dire. But not all supply shortages or excesses are that obvious.

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Topics: selling medical supplies, inventory management software, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, crisis prevention, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19

Five To Save | Let's Talk Emergency Preparedness (Again)

3/3/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank gets doused in hand sanitizer amidst coronavirus - if you'll excuse the phrase - fever.

Just because something is larger-than-life doesn't mean there's nothing you can do.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, natural disasters, buying medical supplies, emergency preparedness, coronavirus

Why Miracle Foundation Is The First 50 For 50 Recipient

2/24/2020

Z5 Inventory presents Miracle Foundation with a donation check for $5000.

Yes, we cut our first $5000 check to charity. And we couldn't be happier about who got it.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, supply chain management, videos, charity, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, donating medical supplies, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, 50 For 50, donations

Five To Save | What Is The 'We Still Use Windows 7' Of Your Hospital?

1/27/2020

FTS - Windows 7

Every hospital - heck, every workplace - has ways they'd like to bring themselves into the year 2020. But they all have excuses for why they haven't, too.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, reallocation, five to save, conferences, trade shows, improvements, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical supplies, 2020, resolutions, windows

What Z5 Inventory Accomplished In The Year Of The Pig

1/21/2020

A collage of pig pictures from 2019 to celebrate the wrap-up of the Year of the Pig.

If somehow we failed to make you aware, for the past twelve months, you've been living in the Year of the Pig. But that's coming to an end.

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Topics: selling medical supplies, supply chain, reallocation, healthcare inventory, donating medical supplies, year of the pig, buying medical supplies, cherish uganda, steward health care, project cure, centura, bon secours mercy

Five To Save | New Year, New Resolutions for Healthcare's Supply Chain

1/14/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank is drowning in excess medical product - a problem you should eliminate in 2020.

Don't let anyone else tell you what's coming in 2020. You decide.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, new year, year of the pig, buying medical supplies, resolutions