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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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'Back To Normal' VS 'New Normal': Where Supply Chain Is Headed | Five To Save

11/16/2021

The Z5 Piggy Bank is half in sepia and half in color as it debates going back to the past or pushing ahead to the future of healthcare supply chain

Is 2022 going to look more like 2019 or 2020? As usual, we're here to ask a silly question and provide some serious answers.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, newsletter, reallocation, supply chain management, savings, five to save, lowering healthcare costs, free advice, healthcare logistics, buying medical supplies, 2020, hospital supply chain, healthcare supply chain, materials management, 2021, risk management, loss and expiration avoidance, risk analysis, risk assessment, gartner

Protecting Vulnerable Populations: Isn't That What Healthcare Is All About?

6/1/2021

The Z5 Piggy Bank arrayed in a rainbow of colors representing the queer community and other vulnerable populations.

In a crisis, it's healthcare providers' responsibility to take the best care of those who are in the most danger.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, womens health, hiring, healthcare inventory, free advice, healthcare logistics, buying medical supplies, hospital supply chain, coronavirus, covid-19, vaccines, webinar, diversity, training, inclusion

How We Can Reduce Infection Risk to Hospital Workers | Five To Save

3/2/2021

The Z5 Piggy Bank wields a needle. Probably not one filled with COVID-19 vaccine, because those have been mismanaged at every step.

Not to go full Buzzfeed on you, but there are a few simple ways we can make our hospitals and communities safer from COVID-19. (Number 4 will not surprise you.)

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Topics: reallocation, healthcare inventory, beckers, free advice, steward health care, hospital supply chain, coronavirus, covid-19, vaccines, medical supply chain tracking software, service system for hospital inventory, management of hospital inventory, webinar, inventory management

5 Questions That Will Show You A Tech Vendor's Quality

8/11/2020

A hand holds up five fingers to indicate the five questions you should ask any tech vendor approaching healthcare providers.

You can't know everything about every emerging technology. But you can know how to evaluate a new tech vendor.

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, reallocation, supply chain management, contracts, digital supply management, artificial intelligence, healthcare inventory, free advice, healthcare data, buying medical supplies, machine learning, vendors, hospital logistics, contracting, education, qualifications

Five To Save | It's Cyber Monday. Is Your Tech Up To Speed? | Nov. 26, 2018

11/26/2018

The Z5 Piggy Bank Decodes The Matrix of Cyber Monday Nonsense.

Sorry we don't have any TVs on sale for $5. But we do have some words of wisdom for free.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, cyber monday, google, free advice