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What You Missed At The End Of The Year | Five To Save

1/5/2021

The Z5 Piggy Bank is wearing 2021 New Year's glasses.

If you're like us, you hit Mark Read on all the news emails that came in while you were out - whether you were out the entire holiday season or just over the weekend. So we've got you covered.

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Topics: new year, 2020, coronavirus, covid-19, vaccines, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory, 2021

Beating Adversity And The Odds: Z5's 2020 Successes

12/15/2020

A life preserver on a dirty beach illustrates the need for something to hang onto in 2020.

In a year where every little success can feel like a massive accomplishment, Z5 Inventory actually accomplished some massive things.

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Topics: charity, healthcare inventory, donating medical supplies, 2020, 50 For 50, donations, coronavirus, covid-19, take 5, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory, nonprofit

What Will Make People Take The Pandemic Seriously? | Five To Save

12/8/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank calculates public perception of pandemic poll results on an abacus.

The numbers are in, and they're abysmal.

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Topics: newsletter, supply chain management, five to save, healthcare inventory, healthcare logistics, coronavirus, covid-19, pandemic, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory

News To Be Thankful For | An Only-Good-News Edition Of Five To Save

11/24/2020

The coloring book version of the Z5 Piggy Bank is decorated to look like a turkey wearing a surgical mask.

Good news is the only thing safe to share with your family this holiday season, so fire up a video chat and rattle these off as you're sitting down to eat.

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Topics: healthcare inventory, hospital supply chain, coronavirus, covid-19, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory, good news

Charity Helping Children the Latest Recipient of 50 For 50 Donation

11/17/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank is cracked open to give a donation to the latest recipient of the 50 For 50 program.

We just can't stop helping charities that help children. Here's how you can do the same...

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Topics: charity, 50 For 50, donations, coronavirus, covid-19, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory

How Will A New Administration Change How You Administer Healthcare? | Five To Save

11/10/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank votes on a ballot for or against free bacon for all.

The United States is probably about to get a new President. That will probably impact your day-to-day very little.

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Topics: selling medical supplies, supply chain management, inventory management software, five to save, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, vaccines, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, management of hospital inventory

How Well Do Your Representatives Represent Healthcare?

11/2/2020

A sticker of the Z5 Inventory logo touches a sticker reading "I Voted Early" in the shape of the state of Texas.

It’s time to vote. Again. Hooray.

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Topics: healthcare inventory, trade war, voting, elections, government, coronavirus, covid-19, podcasts, take 5, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system

Are You The Whistleblower Your Organization Needs?

10/6/2020

Two cans connected with string illustrate the need for increased communication in healthcare - including the essential function that whistleblowers serve.

Hospitals should be sharing more information than ever right now. Should they also be sharing more information than they are?

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Topics: communication, coverup, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory, whistleblowing

Survey and Study Results on the Coronavirus Crisis Response | Five To Save

9/29/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank uses an abacus to determine the efficacy of hospital's response to coronavirus, which is really inefficient.

COVID-19 - and the response to it - can seem like a domino effect of unprecedented disasters. How do the facts back up - or refute - that sentiment?

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Topics: reallocation, five to save, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, take 5, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, medical supply chain jobs, service system for hospital inventory, inventory management system, management of hospital inventory

Hope For A Vaccine, But Innovate Like There Isn't One | Five To Save

9/15/2020

The Z5 Piggy Bank stares at a calendar with "Vaccine?" written on every day.

At the risk of sounding like we're wearing a puffy shirt, we've got to ask: "What's the deal with that coronavirus vaccine?"

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Topics: selling medical inventory, five to save, healthcare inventory, voting, medical logistics, government, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, emergency preparedness, coronavirus, covid-19, take 5, pandemic, vaccines, uncertainty