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?
Continue ReadingAvoiding Expiration: You're Not Bad At Your Job. Your Job Is Impossible.
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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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Hospitals Spend Less Time, Save More When Optimizing Medical Supplies with Z5 Inventory
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
The common wisdom is not to trust anything you read on the internet. Which doesn't seem all that wise.
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Announcement: Join Carl's Talk About Expiration Avoidance at AHRMM Virtual
Z5 Inventory CEO Carl Natenstedt is a featured speaker at the AHRMM21+ virtual conference Wednesday, September 15.
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Supply Chain Means There's No Such Thing As Isolation | Five To Save
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
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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Statistics You Can Use To Stay Positive During a Prolonged Pandemic | Five To Save
How is it that the phrase "the numbers are in" immediately conjures images of danger and doom? Can't "the numbers ever be good?
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The Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: How To Save By Being More Responsible
Making your normal medical inventory practices a little more sustainable is not only friendlier to the communities you serve, but to your budget, as well.
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Staying Healthy, Stocked, and Secure: Supply Chain Pros Have To Manage It All | Five To Save
Everybody has been affected by endangered health, supply chain disruptions, and struggling to meet ever-evolving digital standards. But only healthcare supply chain pros have had to find solutions for it all.
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