--- title: "Z5 Inventory's Blog: A dose of the industry news and optimization strategy that healthcare supply chain pros need. | transparency" description: transparency | Z5 Inventory shares news about healthcare's supply chain and best practices for inventory optimization to help hospitals and other healthcare providers meet their savings goals. --- [Skip to content](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/transparency#main-content) [![Group 1211](https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/Group%201211.png)](https://www.z5inventory.com) - [Solutions](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions) - [Z5 Count](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-1) - [Z5 Fixed Asset](https://www.z5inventory.com/solution/fixedassetcount) - [Z5 Analytics](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0) - [Z5 Optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-0) - [Who We Serve](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2022) - Company - [About Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact-2021) - [Contact Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact) - [Careers](https://www.z5inventory.com/careers) - [Blog](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog) - [Login](https://prod.z5development.com/) ## Z5 Inventory - Blog # Z5 Inventory Blog ### Subscribe to Email Updates ## About Z5 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. Find out how to solve healthcare's $5 Billion inventory waste problem today. Then get back to reading what we have for you from healthcare industry.   ### Most Recent ## ['Bad News Makes You Less Productive' And Other Bad News | Five To Save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/bad-news-makes-you-less-productive-and-other-bad-news-five-to-save) 6/21/2022 [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/bad-news-makes-you-less-productive-and-other-bad-news-five-to-save#comments-listing) Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) ![One Z5 Piggy Bank whispering some upsetting news to another behind the white stenciled words 5 To Save surrounded by floating multicolored chiclets](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FTS%2022%20pigs%20whispering%20kissing.jpg?width=1200&name=FTS%2022%20pigs%20whispering%20kissing.jpg) We promise it's not all bad news, though! 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[Continue Reading](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes) - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes](mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes) [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes#comments-listing) [Read More](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/improvement-is-impossible-without-admitting-your-mistakes) Topics: [selling medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-inventory), [Z5 Reallocate](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/z5-reallocate), [digital supply management](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/digital-supply-management), [healthcare inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-inventory), [transparency](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/transparency), [buying medical supplies](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/buying-medical-supplies), [2020](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/2020), [hospital supply chain](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/hospital-supply-chain), [emergency preparedness](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/emergency-preparedness), [coronavirus](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/coronavirus), [covid-19](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/covid-19), [take 5](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/take-5), [mistakes](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/mistakes) ## [Crime In Healthcare - Hackers Want You To Stay Ignorant](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/crime-in-healthcare-hackers-want-you-to-stay-ignorant) 2/11/2019 [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/crime-in-healthcare-hackers-want-you-to-stay-ignorant#comments-listing) Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) ![The less you know, the more likely you are to be hacked. ](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20crime%202%20revised.jpg?width=1200&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20crime%202%20revised.jpg) Cybersecurity, hacking, breaches – whatever you want to call it, [we’ve talked about it before](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/5-ways-to-strengthen-your-healthcare-cybersecurity). We’ll talk about it again. Why? Because it keeps being a problem. 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By Improving 5 Things.](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things) 11/20/2018 [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things#comments-listing) Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) ![How to Survive 2019 in the Healthcare Industry.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%202019.png?width=1600&name=Blog%20Header%20-%202019.png) 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. [Continue Reading](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things) - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things](mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things) [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things#comments-listing) [Read More](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/how-will-healthcare-survive-2019-by-improving-5-things) Topics: [selling medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-inventory), [selling medical supplies](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-supplies), [supply chain management](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/supply-chain-management), [digital supply management](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/digital-supply-management), [equality](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/equality), [healthcare inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-inventory), [buying medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/buying-medical-inventory), [transparency](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/transparency), [new year](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/new-year), [waste reduction](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/waste-reduction), [slavery](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/slavery) ## [Five To Save | Be Transparent To Be Successful | Oct. 22, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018) 10/22/2018 [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018#comments-listing) Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) ![The Piggy Bank Hides Among Surgical Product.](https://www.z5inventory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20-%20transparency.png?width=1600&name=Blog%20Header%20-%20transparency.png) The more your customer can see what you're doing, the more they'll trust you.  [Continue Reading](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018) - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018](mailto:?subject=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog&body=Z5%20Inventory%20Blog:%20https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018) [0 Comments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018#comments-listing) [Read More](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-oct-22-2018) Topics: [selling medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-inventory), [selling medical supplies](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/selling-medical-supplies), [mergers](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/mergers), [five to save](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/five-to-save), [customer relationship](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/customer-relationship), [healthcare inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-inventory), [buying medical inventory](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/buying-medical-inventory), [lowering healthcare costs](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/lowering-healthcare-costs), [healthcare supplies](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/healthcare-supplies), [transparency](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/transparency) [All posts](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/all) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ![Group 1212](https://www.z5inventory.com/hubfs/Group%201212.png) Z5 Inventory was founded with the purpose of saving health care providers nationwide from expiring product, empowering them to Count, Reallocate, and Buy their inventory all in one place. - [Solutions](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions) - [Z5 Count](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-1) - [Z5 Analytics](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0) - [Z5 Optimization](https://www.z5inventory.com/solutions-2021-0-0) - Company - [About Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact-2021) - [Contact Us](https://www.z5inventory.com/contact) - [Careers](https://www.z5inventory.com/careers) - [Blog](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.z5inventory.com/privacy-policy) - [Get The App](https://www.z5inventory.com/platform) - [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/z5-count/id1557711721) - [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.z5inventory&gl=US) - [Dashboard Login](https://prod.z5development.com/) © 2026 All rights reserved. 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