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# Z5 Inventory Blog

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The Z5 Inventory blog is brought to you by the geniuses behind[Z5 Count,Z5 Analytics and Z5 Optimization services](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions), which saves hospitals money at every step of your inventory's lifecycle.

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## [We're Not Skipping AHRMM Day: Test Drive Scanning with Z5's App](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/were-not-skipping-ahrmm-day-test-drive-scanning-with-z5s-app)

 8/2/2022

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Whether you're heading to the annual conference of supply chain professionals or staying in the comfort of your usual workplace, we've got some cool things to share with you from Booth 212. 

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## [Sustainable Healthcare Starts In The Supply Chain | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/sustainable-healthcare-starts-in-the-supply-chain-five-to-save)

 3/15/2022

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It's the time of year when everybody is seeing green, so let's take a look at some recent news about how sustainable and efficient healthcare providers are (or aren't). 

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## [Hospitals Spend Less Time, Save More When Optimizing Medical Supplies with Z5 Inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/hospitals-spend-less-time-save-more-when-optimizing-medical-supplies-with-z5-inventory)

 9/21/2021

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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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## [The Surprisingly Low Cost of Sustainability: Improving Outcomes By Operating As Normal](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/the-surprisingly-low-cost-of-sustainability-improving-outcomes-by-operating-as-normal)

 7/27/2021

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Let's face it: healthcare creates a lot of waste. Hospitals throw a lot away. And we're not just talking about the excess medical supplies that are thrown away before they're even used (even though that's a huge problem).

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## [Healthcare Industry Waste Estimates Are Off By Billions](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/healthcare-industry-waste-estimates-are-off-by-billions)

 5/18/2021

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Industry estimates put the amount of perfectly good medical product wasted every year [around $15 Million](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/2-million-pounds-the-annual-weight-of-unused-hospital-supplies-five-to-save). We think they're wrong by about $4.85 Billion. 

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## [How Will Healthcare Survive 2019? By Improving 5 Things.](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things)

 11/20/2018

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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](https://hbr.org/2018/06/the-death-of-supply-chain-management). Maybe that’s a little dramatic, but it gets the prevailing sentiment across: evolve or die.

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