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## Z5 Inventory - Blog

# Z5 Inventory Blog

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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind[Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions), which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.

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## [5 Steps To Insuring Your Inventory Initiative’s Success](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/5-steps-to-insuring-your-inventory-initiatives-success)

 9/13/2022

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![an orange-tinted healthcare supply chain professional carts boxes through a storage area in an attempt at ongoing optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%2022%20-%20clinician%20in%20storage%20area%20vuemed.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%2022%20-%20clinician%20in%20storage%20area%20vuemed.jpg)

We’re publishing this article in collaboration with our friends at [VUEMED](https://vuemed.com/), who have encountered the same obstacles we have when trying to implement a new program at a healthcare facility. 

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## [Suppliers On Life Support: How To Rebalance Healthcare's Supply Chain, Part 3](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/suppliers-on-life-support-how-to-rebalance-healthcares-supply-chain-part-3)

 4/12/2022

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![an illustration of medical supply shelves finally balanced by keeping needed product and ordering new product from the secondary market](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-C.jpg?width=1200&name=Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-C.jpg)

The pandemic impacted you as a healthcare provider almost as much as the communities where you’re providing care. 

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## [Welcome Livingston Inventory Services to the Z5 Inventory Family](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/welcome-livingston-inventory-services-to-the-z5-inventory-family)

 2/15/2022

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With the acquisition of Livingston Inventory Services, more than forty new healthcare facilities will now be able to conduct supply chain management tasks using the award-winning inventory optimization solutions available from Z5 Inventory.

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## [Healthcare Supply Chain News: The Biggest and Best of 2021](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/healthcare-supply-chain-news-the-biggest-and-best-of-2021)

 12/21/2021

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As we've all been stretched to our breaking point this year, it seemed like a good time to offer up some of the most important articles in case you missed them. 

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## [Hospitals Spend Less Time, Save More When Optimizing Medical Supplies with Z5 Inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/hospitals-spend-less-time-save-more-when-optimizing-medical-supplies-with-z5-inventory)

 9/21/2021

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![a preview of the new Z5 Inventory Platform in the form of a mobile app and web dashboard that allows healthcare providers to identify excess inventory quickly and easily](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/chiclet-dashboard-%20tablet-phone.jpeg?width=2400&name=chiclet-dashboard-%20tablet-phone.jpeg)

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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## [Opinion Poll Reveals Public Sentiment on Coronavirus, Normalcy | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/opinion-poll-reveals-public-sentiment-on-coronavirus-normalcy-five-to-save)

 7/6/2021

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America! Has opinions! How will changing opinions about the state of public health affect the people who provide that health? 

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## [How Government Investment Is Supporting Healthcare Industry Recovery | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-government-investment-is-supporting-healthcare-industry-recovery-five-to-save)

 6/22/2021

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## [Masks, Vaccines, and Remote Work: Who Needs Them? | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/masks-vaccines-and-remote-work-who-needs-them-five-to-save)

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## [The Importance Of Infection Prevention in Every Facility](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/importance-infection-prevention-every-facility)

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## [How To Adopt An Innovation Mindset in Healthcare](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-to-adopt-an-innovation-mindset-in-healthcare)

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