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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.
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Do You Feel Properly Celebrated?: National Health Care Supply Chain Week

10/4/2022

an orange chiclet reveals a pile of chocolate with almonds that somehow relates to National Health Care Supply Chain Week

Every once in a while a made-up holiday like National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day is actually relevant to you. (Not that chocolate is ever irrelevant.) Let's talk about turning National Health Care Supply Chain Week into something useful.

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Topics: reallocation, holidays, healthcare inventory, burnout, labor, budget, mental health, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, inventory management, cycle count, loss and expiration avoidance, psychology, 2022, human resources, finance professionals, resource management

5 Steps To Insuring Your Inventory Initiative’s Success

9/13/2022

an orange-tinted healthcare supply chain professional carts boxes through a storage area in an attempt at ongoing optimization

We’re publishing this article in collaboration with our friends at VUEMED, who have encountered the same obstacles we have when trying to implement a new program at a healthcare facility.

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Topics: technology, supply chain management, rfid, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, top 5 list, hospital logistics, medical supply chain tracking software, inventory optimization, collaboration, ongoing optimization, loss and expiration avoidance, 2022, pharmacy inventory, supply chain resiliency, supply chain innovation, checklists, scanning devices, supply chain visibility, vuemed, how to

Time To Get The (Wrong) Data Out Of Your Annual Inventory Valuation

8/23/2022

gloved hands examine a drawer of medical supplies behind floating colored chiclets

Fall coming probably means that you have a giant physical inventory project coming, too. Just between friends, though, you're probably doing it wrong.

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Topics: Baylor Scott & White, physical inventory count, inventory valuation, reallocation, healthcare inventory, steward health care, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, accounting, pharmacy inventory, annual inventory, hospital pharmacies, inventory count software, business advice, supply chain resiliency, white papers, mobile inventory management, fiscal year end, reverse logistics, cfo, supply chain visibility

Healthcare CEOs Just Don't Want To Work Anymore | Five To Save

8/16/2022

White text reading 5 To Save overlaid on a picture of several piggy banks following each other toward a door and exiting an office

Actually, with the healthcare labor market as fraught as it is right now, we could probably all use some advice on finding the jobs we want and keeping the coworkers we like.

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Topics: supply chain management, five to save, disruption, communication, healthcare inventory, healthcare legislation, operating margins, government, labor, hospital logistics, collaboration, climate change, hospital industry studies, ahrmm22, outstanding healthcare inventory awards, ohia

We're Not Skipping AHRMM Day: Test Drive Scanning with Z5's App

8/2/2022

an orange chiclet surrounding the words AHRMM22 health care supply chain innovate engage connect with a pyramid

Whether you're heading to the annual conference of supply chain professionals or staying in the comfort of your usual workplace, we've got some cool things to share with you from Booth 212.

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Topics: trade shows, healthcare inventory, waste reduction, steward health care, awards, hospital logistics, education, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, webinar, inventory optimization, medical supply procurement, ahrmm, ahrmm22, healthcare professionals, finance professionals

Health Systems Rate Poorly As Employers | Five To Save

7/26/2022

Ziggy the Z5 Piggy Bank stands on top of a contract that healthcare supply chain pros should consider carefully

Hospitals have long had a monopoly on care delivery, so they've rarely had to act competitively as businesses. That's beginning to change.

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Topics: amazon, mergers, five to save, disruption, hiring, healthcare inventory, hospital logistics, medical supply chain tracking software, medical supply chain jobs, healthcare industry salaries, supply chain industry salaries

Resources Taken Away From Healthcare Supply Chain Workers | Five To Save

7/5/2022

The Z5 Piggy Bank looks sadly at their empty wallet behind the white stenciled words 5 To Save

Supply shortages are frustrating. Budget cutbacks are frustrating. Long hours are frustrating. But all of those things are expected.

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Topics: newsletter, five to save, healthcare inventory, shortages, government, coronavirus, ppe, covid-19, mental health, hospital logistics, medical supply chain tracking software, gloves, supply chain innovation, never events, public healthcare policy, medical supply transparency, medical supply shortages, hospital regulations

What Grocery Store Innovation Does Healthcare Supply Chain Use Every Day?

6/28/2022

an orange grocery store conveyor belt brings a number of products to the barcode scanner

This week marked the forty-second birthday of a technology without which modern healthcare would be impossible.

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Topics: technology, reallocation, inventory management software, healthcare inventory, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain tracking software, new platform, inventory optimization, loss and expiration avoidance, medical devices, pharmacy inventory, supply chain innovation, scanning, grocery stores, barcodes, mobile inventory management, scanning devices, inventions, gs1

'Bad News Makes You Less Productive' And Other Bad News | Five To Save

6/21/2022

One Z5 Piggy Bank whispering some upsetting news to another behind the white stenciled words 5 To Save surrounded by floating multicolored chiclets

We promise it's not all bad news, though!

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Topics: five to save, disruption, hiring, healthcare inventory, natural disasters, shortages, transparency, burnout, emergency preparedness, mental health, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain jobs, good news, supply chain resiliency, inventory efficiency

Shortages, Recalls, and Rising Cost: Healthcare's Perfect Storm | Five To Save

5/17/2022

The Z5 Piggy Bank is hiding under an umbrella on an orange street behind the white words 5 To Save.

What happens when healthcare providers and their supply chains are told that they will not be given the support that they need?

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Topics: supply chain management, five to save, healthcare inventory, shortages, lowering healthcare costs, coronavirus, covid-19, hospital logistics, healthcare supply chain, medical supply chain jobs, loss and expiration avoidance, healthcare industry salaries, supply chain industry salaries, supply chain resiliency, product recalls, cost reduction