In a year where every little success can feel like a massive accomplishment, Z5 Inventory actually accomplished some massive things.
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In addition to the serious news of the week, we're also bringing you a goofy way to distract yourself for five minutes. What a deal!
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We’ve all had to adapt to a new normal during COVID-19, and those of us in the healthcare supply chain have had to adapt more than most. But the real question we have to answer now is: how can we take what we’ve learned and apply it to inventory management overall?
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COVID-19 - and the response to it - can seem like a domino effect of unprecedented disasters. How do the facts back up - or refute - that sentiment?
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The often-revisited metaphor of the "one weak link" causing the entire supply chain to fail was in some ways proved correct this year.
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At the risk of sounding like we're wearing a puffy shirt, we've got to ask: "What's the deal with that coronavirus vaccine?"
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Over the last few weeks we've been collecting advice from experts about what organizations - from hospitals to offices to schools - should be doing to prevent the spread of infection.
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While every other industry surges ahead in technology, strategies, and resilience, healthcare plods down its own path at a slow and steady pace. But this is one tortoise that might not make it to the finish line.
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Everybody seems to agree that we ought to be supporting our healthcare workers. But not everybody seems to be doing it.
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