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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services, which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.
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The Five Best Healthcare Articles of 2018

12/17/2018

The year isn’t done yet, but as we’ve already explained, we’re over it. More and more of the workday is dominated by discussions of the office party and debates of “how ugly does a sweater have to be to qualify as an ugly sweater?”

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, amazon, whole foods, shark tank, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, the onion, top 5 list, 2018

Five To Save | What's The Deal With Mergers? | Dec. 10, 2018

12/10/2018

We're asking the hard questions at Z5 this week. Questions no one dares ask. Questions such as: "Are mergers, like, good, or...?"

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, mergers, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, healthcare legislation

5 Ways To Make Sure Your Inventory Count Fails

12/3/2018



Z5ers of every level – from co-founders to new hires – have been on the road this week helping hospitals all over the country conduct their physical inventory counts. We’ve seen our fair share of what, exactly, makes a good inventory, y’know, good.

But maybe that’s not what you want. Maybe you want an inventory that’s slow and painful for everybody.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, count sheets, bad advice

Five To Save | It's Cyber Monday. Is Your Tech Up To Speed? | Nov. 26, 2018

11/26/2018

Sorry we don't have any TVs on sale for $5. But we do have some words of wisdom for free.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, cyber monday, google, free advice

How Will Healthcare Survive 2019? By Improving 5 Things.

11/20/2018

Earlier this year a team of industry experts declared, by way of the Harvard Business Review, the Death of the Supply Chain. Maybe that’s a little dramatic, but it gets the prevailing sentiment across: evolve or die.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, digital supply management, equality, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, transparency, new year, waste reduction, slavery

Five To Save | America Voted For Healthcare. What Will It Get? | Nov. 12, 2018

11/12/2018

It happened. America voted. So... now what?

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, five to save, digital supply management, buying medical inventory, healthcare legislation, politics, voting, elections

Version 2.9 Of The Z5 App Eliminates Counting Errors

11/6/2018

Version 2.9 of the Z5 Inventory App used nationwide to conduct physical inventory counts eliminates counting errors and identifies the location of every product in healthcare facilities.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, updates, app, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, apple app store

Your Vote Defines Your Healthcare

11/5/2018

The Unholy Trinity of dinner table conversation: Sex, Religion, and Politics. Thank your lucky stars we’re only tackling the last one.

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Topics: selling medical inventory, supply chain management, medical supply, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, politics, voting, elections

Five To Save | Did Oracle Solve The Healthcare Blockchain Puzzle? | Oct. 30, 2018

10/30/2018

The only answer is the most disappointing one: "Maybe?" 

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Topics: technology, selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, supply chain management, medical supply, blockchain, digital supply management, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, oracle

Five To Save | Be Transparent To Be Successful | Oct. 22, 2018

10/22/2018

The more your customer can see what you're doing, the more they'll trust you. 

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Topics: selling medical inventory, selling medical supplies, mergers, five to save, customer relationship, healthcare inventory, buying medical inventory, lowering healthcare costs, healthcare supplies, transparency