Z5 Inventory

10/27/2022

Disaster is going to strike. That part, as we've seen in healthcare's supply chain time and again, is inevitable. But leaders can be fearless in the face of disruption by preparing for it beforehand.
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The healthcare supply chain pro who overprepares isn't paranoid. They're trying to prevent any potential disruption to patient care from disruption.

10/18/2022

Guides inside for lessening the impact of recessions, weather events, cold/flu/COVID season, and more.
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The healthcare supply chain pro who overprepares isn't paranoid. They're trying to prevent any potential disruption to patient care from disruption.

10/13/2022

If you present a supply chain project now to people who forgot about , you may be able to guilt them into saying yes.
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10/06/2022

"Knowing where everything is ... is key to supply chain resiliency," so why are hospitals letting employees without any supply chain expertise manage surgical supplies, pharmacy inventory, and medical devices?
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Managers with the expertise to manage medical supplies should be doing just that in every department across a provider organization. They're not. Why?

10/04/2022

Let's talk about turning National Health Care Supply Chain Week into something useful.
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Did you know it's National Health Care Supply Chain Week? More important: do you know what to do about it?

09/29/2022

Around half of all healthcare providers could experience negative margins in the next year. How do we combat that?
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Bringing you the news of tomorrow - today! - is what supply chain experts ought to be doing all the time. We try that out in this news headline roundup.

09/27/2022

One department should win the tug-of-war over managing medical supplies: supply chain management.
https://hubs.li/Q01nlQ_D0

Managers with the expertise to manage medical supplies should be doing just that in every department across a provider organization. They're not. Why?

09/22/2022

From Z5 and our friends at VUEMED: 5 Steps To Insuring Your Inventory Initiative’s Success.
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Every time you try to improve the management of healthcare inventory, you run into massive resistance. Here's your quick guide to overcoming that from Z5 and VUEMED.

09/20/2022

Supply chain pros are (usually) pretty good at predicting the future. Let's use that power for good and look at tomorrow's news today!
https://hubs.ly/Q01mLr_h0

Bringing you the news of tomorrow - today! - is what supply chain experts ought to be doing all the time. We try that out in this news headline roundup.

09/15/2022

Imagine a world in which all the hospital's inventory - surgical supplies, medical devices, pharmacy inventory and more - is managed using the same system.
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The average healthcare supply chain pro has to use half a dozen ways to count the same medical supply as it moves through the system. There's a better way.

09/13/2022

Take it from the experts at Z5 and VUEMED: ongoing optimization is no easy task in healthcare's supply chain. But, because it's a necessary one, we put together this guide.
https://hubs.li/Q01mb1b10

Every time you try to improve the management of healthcare inventory, you run into massive resistance. Here's your quick guide to overcoming that from Z5 and VUEMED.

09/08/2022

Inflation hasn't hit the healthcare industry as a whole yet, but 1) the healthcare supply chain knows it all too well already, and 2) as soon as you have to renegotiate a contract, you're going to feel it in a big way.
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Do you answer the same way every time you see a headline end in a question mark? Here's the last time in this roundup of healthcare news that we say yes.

09/06/2022

Waste in healthcare's supply chain isn't restricted just to what you throw away. Tired of wasting your time and energy, too?
https://hubs.li/Q01lFrMG0

The average healthcare supply chain pro has to use half a dozen ways to count the same medical supply as it moves through the system. There's a better way.

09/01/2022

As long as you don't care about doing things the right way, there's nothing wrong with reaching your annual physical inventory valuation the same way you always have.
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If all you're getting out of your annual physical inventory is a final valuation, you've wasted all the hard work you put into getting that data.

08/30/2022

Betteridge's law of headlines states that any headline ending with a question mark should automatically be answered: "No."
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Do you answer the same way every time you see a headline end in a question mark? Here's the last time in this roundup of healthcare news that we say yes.

08/25/2022

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
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Hospital leaders are leaving the industry in droves as operating margins flatline. How to keep the good employees you have and more in this news roundup.

08/23/2022

One of our Z5ers recently said it best: "You have to eat. Everyone does, but not everyone chooses the same food, the same time, or how much to eat. Some people choose McDonald's because it's cheap and convenient and gets the bare minimum done. But if you put in a little bit of extra effort to eat a healthy salad, that will keep you going much longer. And the good habits you establish there will also benefit you more in the long term than doing what's convenient. You invest a little bit of time and energy up front, but you reap the benefits for years and ultimately pay less."

That's how healthcare providers tend to approach the necessary evil of booking a final value for their surgical supplies, medical devices, and pharmacy inventory. You can improve what you get out of this exercise that you're already undertaking by following the advice we laid out in this blog.
https://hubs.li/Q01kL8Sl0

If all you're getting out of your annual physical inventory is a final valuation, you've wasted all the hard work you put into getting that data.

08/16/2022

Turnover within providers has significantly increased recently. How do you keep the coworkers you like (and boot the ones you don't)?
https://hubs.li/Q01k8Gwb0

Hospital leaders are leaving the industry in droves as operating margins flatline. How to keep the good employees you have and more in this news roundup.