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.
Continue ReadingDo You Feel Properly Celebrated?: National Health Care Supply Chain Week
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If It's Inventory, You Should Manage It: How To Improve Your Hospital Supply Chain
This is a surprisingly controversial statement - particularly within healthcare providers - but we stand by it: supply chain management should be managing all supplies. Here’s why…
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Is The Healthcare Industry Recession-Proof? | Five To Save
Is your supply chain stable? Are healthcare providers immune to Betteridge's Law? These and other questions answered by this blog (and your common sense).
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Words VS Actions: How To Make Promoting Women in Healthcare's Supply Chain a Priority
The day this blog is published is International Women's Day. It's actually okay if you didn't know that. It's not okay if you do nothing now that you do know.
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Healthcare Supply Chain News: The Biggest and Best of 2021
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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Shortages Of Supplies, Staff To Worsen | Five To Save
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
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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Statistics You Can Use To Stay Positive During a Prolonged Pandemic | Five To Save
How is it that the phrase "the numbers are in" immediately conjures images of danger and doom? Can't "the numbers ever be good?
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The Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: How To Save By Being More Responsible
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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2/3 Supply Chain Leaders Have Inaccurate View Of Inventory
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