With the acquisition of Livingston Inventory Services, more than forty new healthcare facilities will now be able to conduct supply chain management tasks using the award-winning inventory optimization solutions available from Z5 Inventory.
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Diversity The Key To Surviving Supply Chain Crisis | Five To Save
90% of industry leaders are aligned on their top supply chain challenges and the best means of overcoming them.
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Avoiding Expiration: You're Not Bad At Your Job. Your Job Is Impossible.
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
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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The Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: Improving Outcomes By Operating As Normal
Let's face it: healthcare creates a lot of waste. Hospitals throw a lot away. And we're not just talking about the excess medical supplies that are thrown away before they're even used (even though that's a huge problem).
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How Government Investment Is Supporting Healthcare Industry Recovery | Five To Save
As the pandemic drags on, part of what's helping turn the corner for communities and the healthcare providers who serve them is the additional resources - often including cash - provided by their governments.
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2 Million Pounds: The Annual Weight of Unused Hospital Supplies | Five To Save
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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Why Is Vaccine Hesitancy So High Among Healthcare Workers? | Five To Save
While every hospital department has its own daily concerns, there's exactly one story that's affecting the entire industry - and the entire country - at the same time.
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Hospitals Stocked Up. Now Billions Will Be Thrown Away.
Currently the health care industry isn’t headed for a cliff. It’s hanging over the edge by a single finger.
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Healthcare's Supply Chain Is On Thin Financial Ice | Five To Save
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