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## [Outstanding Healthcare Inventory Awards 2022 - Announcing the Winners](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/outstanding-healthcare-inventory-awards-2022-announcing-the-winners)

 8/9/2022

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Congratulations to all the healthcare supply chain organizations and professionals whose innovation and excellence earned them a spot among the nation's best and most efficient. 

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## [Waiting Out Disruption, Plus Other Unsustainable Business Practices | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/waiting-out-disruption-plus-other-unsustainable-business-practices-five-to-save)

 6/1/2022

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Supply chain pros are frequently obligated to deprioritize personal and professional goals to address industry shortcomings. Nowhere is that problem more frequent than healthcare. 

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

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## [The Key To Effective CFO-Supply Chain Collaboration | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/the-key-to-effective-cfo-supply-chain-collaboration-five-to-save)

 3/22/2022

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Consider something that might seem counterintuitive: it can actually be respectful to withhold certain data from others in your healthcare organization.

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## [Sustainable Healthcare Starts In The Supply Chain | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/sustainable-healthcare-starts-in-the-supply-chain-five-to-save)

 3/15/2022

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It's the time of year when everybody is seeing green, so let's take a look at some recent news about how sustainable and efficient healthcare providers are (or aren't). 

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## [Shortages Of Supplies, Staff To Worsen | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/shortages-of-supplies-staff-to-worsen-five-to-save)

 10/12/2021

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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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## [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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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 Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: How To Save By Being More Responsible](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/the-surprisingly-low-cost-of-sustainability-how-to-save-by-being-more-responsible)

 8/10/2021

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Making your normal medical inventory practices a little more sustainable is not only friendlier to the communities you serve, but to your budget, as well. 

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## [Healthcare Industry Waste Estimates Are Off By Billions](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/healthcare-industry-waste-estimates-are-off-by-billions)

 5/18/2021

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Industry estimates put the amount of perfectly good medical product wasted every year [around $15 Million](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/2-million-pounds-the-annual-weight-of-unused-hospital-supplies-five-to-save). We think they're wrong by about $4.85 Billion. 

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## [2 Million Pounds: The Annual Weight of Unused Hospital Supplies | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/2-million-pounds-the-annual-weight-of-unused-hospital-supplies-five-to-save)

 4/27/2021

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Vaccines are available. Hope is on the horizon. But what does that mean for "getting back to normal?" And is "normal" a good thing to get back to? 

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