What if you looked into a box, expecting to find a housecat, but you find a bobcat? It sounds insane, but we promise that somehow helps explain healthcare inventory optimization.
Continue ReadingMore Than Assets and Liabilities: How To Rebalance Healthcare's Supply Chain, Part 2
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This Tool Helps Hospitals Stop Rolling The Dice On Expiring Inventory
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WATCH: How Steward Hospitals Saved $16 Million
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Why Is The Vaccine Supply Chain Different From Any Other? | Five To Save
Manufacturers can't speed up production. Shippers can't speed up distribution. Providers can't speed up vaccination. Why?
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Gaining Trust To Make Innovation Possible
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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Improvement Is Impossible Without Admitting Your Mistakes
Pretending that things can go back to the way they were - or that nothing has changed - won't help.
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We're Celebrating Hospital Savings By Donating To Charity
To celebrate our fifth anniversary, we're challenging hospitals to save $50 Million. And if they do, we'll donate $50,000 to charity.
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Carl Says: Don't Leave Savings On The Shelf
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How Your Physical Inventory Can Set You Up for Tremendous Savings
We have a customer in the Northeast who has about a dozen hospitals. They have used Z5 Count to conduct a number of physical inventories and are very pleased with their results as well as the improvements to the overall inventory process for their staff. Like many hospitals, inventory was a means to an end. Meaning they took a count and posted a number in their financials. Once this was done, they declared victory and moved on to other projects and challenges. Does this sound familiar to you?
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