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## [How To Learn the Tech Skills Supply Chain Managers Need](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-to-learn-the-tech-skills-supply-chain-managers-need)

 7/14/2020

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## [Five To Save | Are You Stuck With Too Much PPE or Not Enough?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-are-you-stuck-with-too-much-ppe-or-not-enough)

 6/23/2020

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![Some hospitals have too much PPE, as shocking as that sounds.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20covid%20ppe%20levels.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20covid%20ppe%20levels.jpg)

The coronavirus forced US healthcare providers - and ordinary businesses - to adapt rapidly, sourcing personal protective equipment wherever they could. 

As the coronavirus moves throughout the country - dropping in some areas and peaking in others - hospitals are having to adapt rapidly all over again. 

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## [Your Vendors Need To Be Prepared For Your Protocols](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/your-vendors-need-to-be-prepared-for-your-protocols)

 6/16/2020

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Whether it's bringing their own masks or knowing where they're free to go within the facility, any hospital partner needs to be prepared before they walk through the door. 

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## [Five To Save | Vetting Vendors During COVID-19](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-vetting-vendors-during-covid-19)

 6/9/2020

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank is safely stationed amid hospital supplies, but not all vendors are lucky enough to be back in hospitals yet.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20covid%20vendors.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20covid%20vendors.jpg)

We thought we'd put together advice for vendors on what hospitals are requiring - and for hospitals on what they ought to require from vendors - during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. 

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## [Improvement Is Impossible Without Admitting Your Mistakes](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes)

 6/2/2020

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![This u-turn sign reminds us all to take a moment to evaluate what we've done to see if we should continue doing it. ](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20Admit%20Mistakes.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20Admit%20Mistakes.jpg)

Pretending that things can go back to the way they were - or that nothing has changed - won't help. 

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## [Five To Save | Most Hospitals Won't Close. Is That Good Enough?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-most-hospitals-wont-close.-is-that-good-enough)

 5/26/2020

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![The Z5 Piggy Bank's wallet is just as empty as most hospitals' in the wake of COVID-19.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%20-%20covid%20recovery.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%20-%20covid%20recovery.jpg)

We're pretty impressed with news organizations who have simultaneously overstated and underestimated the financial impact of COVID-19 on healthcare providers. 

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## [Balancing Just-In-Time and Over-Preparing](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/balancing-just-in-time-and-over-preparing)

 5/19/2020

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![This week we debate Just-In-Time VS Over-Preparing, although there might be a way to make both work. ](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20Just%20In%20Time%20Over%20Prepare.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20Just%20In%20Time%20Over%20Prepare.jpg)

You don't want shortages. You don't want excess. What do you do? 

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## [Take 5 Minutes To Learn About Emergency Sourcing](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/take-5-minutes-to-learn-about-emergency-sourcing)

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