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## [Five To Save | How The Supply Chain Is Putting Patients At Risk](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-how-the-supply-chain-is-putting-patients-at-risk)

 8/19/2019

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank teeters on the edge, because healthcare's supply chain is unsafe.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20records%20at%20risk.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20records%20at%20risk.jpg)

Faster and cheaper stops being better when patient outcomes get worse. 

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## [When You Want To Innovate, Communication Is King](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/when-you-want-to-innovate-communication-is-king)

 8/12/2019

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![Communication was revealed to be the most important factor in implementing a culture of change. ](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20Communication.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20Communication.jpg)

This was the biggest takeaway from our AHRMM19 presentation on “[The Culture of Change](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/z5-inventory-hosts-expert-panel-at-ahrmm19).”

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## [Five To Save | Let's Talk About Stress](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-lets-talk-about-stress)

 8/6/2019

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It's okay to feel overworked. As long as you take care of yourself. 

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## [Z5 Inventory Hosts Expert Panel At AHRMM19](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/z5-inventory-hosts-expert-panel-at-ahrmm19)

 7/29/2019

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![The 5 Factors of Culture of Change - Searching, Teaching, Allowing, Reacting, and Then Doing It All Over Again.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%205%20Factors%20of%20Culture%20of%20Change.png?width=1978&name=Blog%20Header%205%20Factors%20of%20Culture%20of%20Change.png)

On the first day of programming for AHRMM19 - the conference for health care supply chain professionals, held this year in the San Diego Convention Center - Z5 Inventory is hosting the panel discussion “[The Culture of Change: Necessary Steps to Implementing the Next Big Thing](https://www.ahrmm19.org/profile.cfm?profile_name=session&master_key=15F14BEF-03C9-F673-9410-D24D30C03564&page_key=F6BFFE1E-A987-E809-6925-9523BA06FBC2&xtemplate&userLGNKEY=0).” Panelists will provide the requirements for establishing an environment within health care organizations that fosters innovation and speeds adjustment to industry and technological trends.

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## [Z5 Inventory Facilitates Major U.S. Health System's Donation To At-Risk Communities Across the Globe](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/z5-inventory-facilitates-major-donation)

 7/23/2019

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![A child affected by HIV/AIDS receives care from Cherish Uganda thanks to supplies from Z5 Inventory.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/fullsizeoutput_3554%20copy.jpg?width=2926&name=fullsizeoutput_3554%20copy.jpg)

Every year American hospitals throw away an estimated $5 Billion worth of expired, unused, and obsolete inventory.

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## [Amazon Prime Day for Medical and Surgical Supplies](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/amazon-prime-day-for-medical-and-surgical-supplies)

 7/16/2019

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![Why wait all year for savings you need now? ](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20Prime%20Day.jpg?width=743&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20Prime%20Day.jpg)

Why wait for one day a year to get great deals, when you could be saving on every order you place?

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## [Five To Save | Your Mid-2019 Supply Chain Progress Report](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-your-mid-2019-supply-chain-progress-report)

 7/8/2019

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank is halfway done with the year. And so are you, like it or not.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20half%202019.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20half%202019.jpg)

It's hard to believe 2019 is halfway over. Have you met half of all your goals? Have you halfway met all of them? Or does it feel like you just got started?

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## [What The 5 in Z5 Stands For - Our Core Values](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/what-the-5-in-z5-stands-for-our-core-values)

 7/2/2019

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Core values are present in every corporate culture, whether they’re intentional or not. Which is why, at Z5 Inventory, we built our 5 Core Values right into our name.

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## [Five To Save | Plan For Supply Chain Pitfalls](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-plan-for-supply-chain-pitfalls)

 6/24/2019

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## [All The Survey Results With None Of The Hard Work](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/all-the-survey-results-with-none-of-the-hard-work)

 6/18/2019

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It seems like every day a company has reached out to your peers and other healthcare experts to conduct a survey or study about the state of healthcare. 

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