
If somehow we failed to make you aware, for the past twelve months, you've been living in the Year of the Pig. But that's coming to an end.
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If somehow we failed to make you aware, for the past twelve months, you've been living in the Year of the Pig. But that's coming to an end.
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From its inception in 2014, Z5 Inventory has made its mission saving money for healthcare providers by optimizing their supply chain and eliminating product expiration. The latest effort in living up to that promise is the debut of Buy.Z5Inventory.com--the online store component of the Z5 Buy solution.
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Cybersecurity, hacking, breaches – whatever you want to call it, we’ve talked about it before. We’ll talk about it again. Why? Because it keeps being a problem.
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Despite the trust that the patient puts in their healthcare providers – that clinicians and other employees will only ever act with their best interests at heart – healthcare is just like any industry. Crime is perpetrated every day.
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The entire healthcare landscape will change in 2019. Or at least that's what everybody keeps telling us.
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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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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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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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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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