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## [This Tool Helps Hospitals Stop Rolling The Dice On Expiring Inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/this-tool-helps-hospitals-stop-rolling-the-dice-on-expiring-inventory)

 11/9/2021

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Healthcare providers are playing a dangerous game with medical supplies.

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## [Diversity The Key To Surviving Supply Chain Crisis | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/diversity-the-key-to-surviving-supply-chain-crisis-five-to-save)

 11/2/2021

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90% of industry leaders are aligned on their top supply chain challenges and the best means of overcoming them. 

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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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## [Avoiding Expiration: You're Not Bad At Your Job. Your Job Is Impossible.](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/avoiding-expiration-youre-not-bad-at-your-job.-your-job-is-impossible)

 10/5/2021

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Healthcare providers set savings goals without any of the resources necessary to meet those goals. So how are supply chain managers supposed to meet their expiration avoidance goals each year? 

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## [Your Hospital's Hallways Are About To Become A Lot Emptier | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/your-hospitals-hallways-are-about-to-become-a-lot-emptier-five-to-save)

 9/28/2021

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Supply shortages and vaccine mandates are making healthcare employees feel unsafe. If they leave their jobs - and possibly the healthcare field overall - their hospitals will be even more strapped for resources, and their communities will be more unsafe. 

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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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## [How Do You Choose What Healthcare Communication To Trust? | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-do-you-choose-what-healthcare-communication-to-trust-five-to-save)

 9/14/2021

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## [Announcement: Join Carl's Talk About Expiration Avoidance at AHRMM Virtual](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/announcement-join-carls-talk-about-expiration-avoidance-at-ahrmm-virtual)

 9/7/2021

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Z5 Inventory CEO Carl Natenstedt is a featured speaker at the [AHRMM21+ virtual conference](https://web.cvent.com/event/338c4f98-df62-470e-bbfa-97047705e1d2/websitePage:ef684da1-259f-4d24-a684-7103f233fc8e) Wednesday, September 15. 

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## [Supply Chain Means There's No Such Thing As Isolation | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/supply-chain-means-theres-no-such-thing-as-isolation-five-to-save)

 8/31/2021

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You don't have to be a supply chain expert to understand that nothing happens in a vacuum. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped make that increasingly clear to everyone. 

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## [Healthcare Industry Events: How To Connect Responsibly and Respectfully](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/healthcare-industry-events-how-to-connect-responsibly-and-respectfully)

 8/24/2021

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Our team is at AHRMM21 this week, but believe it or not, trade shows will not - and cannot - be the same as they always were. Not right now, and maybe not for the foreseeable future. 

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