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## [Suppliers On Life Support: How To Rebalance Healthcare's Supply Chain, Part 3](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/suppliers-on-life-support-how-to-rebalance-healthcares-supply-chain-part-3)

 4/12/2022

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![an illustration of medical supply shelves finally balanced by keeping needed product and ordering new product from the secondary market](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-C.jpg?width=1200&name=Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-C.jpg)

The pandemic impacted you as a healthcare provider almost as much as the communities where you’re providing care. 

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## [More Than Assets and Liabilities: How To Rebalance Healthcare's Supply Chain, Part 2](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/more-than-assets-and-liabilities-how-to-rebalance-healthcares-supply-chain-part-2)

 4/5/2022

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![an illustration of a medical supply shelf that's unbalanced because of all the excess product taken off](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-Bb.jpg?width=1200&name=Z5%20Blog_unbalanced-Bb.jpg)

What if you looked into a box, expecting to find a housecat, but you find a bobcat? It sounds insane, but we promise that somehow helps explain healthcare inventory optimization. 

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## [Schrödinger's Catheter: How To Rebalance Healthcare's Supply Chain, Part 1](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/schrödingers-catheter-rebalancing-healthcares-supply-chain-part-1)

 3/29/2022

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![a hospital's supply shelves are unbalanced by the number of black boxes - the unknown supplies that are preventing providers from rebalancing their inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%2022%20-%20Rebalancing%201%20Schrodinger.jpeg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%2022%20-%20Rebalancing%201%20Schrodinger.jpeg)

You don’t actually know what’s on your shelf until you take a look at it. 

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