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title: Five To Save | You Have The Power! Redefine Your Bottom Line | May 28, 2018
description: The second Five To Save for May breaks down ways that you can leverage your power, saving money and helping your organization to grow.
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# [Five To Save | You Have The Power! Redefine Your Bottom Line | May 28, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-may-28-2018)

 Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) | 5/29/2018

You've got more in common with He-Man than you may think.

Sure, you're good-looking and constantly battling the forces of evil - in the forms of product expiration, outdated practices, and constantly-shifting data - but, [just like Prince Adam](https://youtu.be/X8Nc8RCLy1s?t=1m25s), you should lift your fist into the air and shout: "I HAVE THE POWER!"

Why? Because, no matter where you are in your organization, you have the power to find out what's not working and - more importantly - change it. This Five To Save is all about empowering you to realize what changes you can make that will better your healthcare providers financially and ethically.

1. Completely [shifting your focus from expenses to margins](http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/why-hospitals-need-adopt-retail-mindset-when-it-comes-analytics) might not be easy, but what's necessary usually isn't.
2. And once you've found where you can create some savings, the quickest way might be [shaking up your contracts](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/why-its-time-revisit-hospital-supply-chain-contracts-start-saving-money).
3. We've talked a lot about Amazon's business, but not how it *does* business. Is your inventory system using [the Amazon approach or the Whole Foods approach](https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/amazon-vs-whole-foods-when-cultures-collide)?
4. Ask yourself, reading the most over- and underwhelming [announcements from HLTH 2018](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hlth-2018-what-happened-23andme-athenahealth-walmart/523190/), "Which of these businesses can help me? Which businesses can I try to copy?"
5. One of the most direct ways you can make positive change is to [use apps to optimize your inventory management](https://www.mbtmag.com/article/2018/05/count-it-how-apps-are-transforming-inventory-management). Gee, WHO COULD POSSIBLY HELP WITH THAT...

Oh, right. It's us. Just like you, Z5 is constantly looking to the future. That bright horizon where product expiration isn't a threat anymore. 

[Or Skeletor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNz6eHfsESQ). Same thing, really.

 

Did you like what we found? Did you find anything that we missed? PLEASE comment below, [email us](mailto:info@z5health.com), etc. Tell us what you liked. What was helpful. What you’d like to see more of.

 

*Headline photo by Z5. Thanks to [Outlaw Moon Games & Toys](https://www.outlawmoongames.com/) for loaning us the Man At Arms and Skeletor for the picture.*

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