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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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## [Five To Save | Is Your Leadership Learning Fast Enough? Are You? | Jul 30, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-jul-30-2018)

 7/30/2018

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Leadership in healthcare, like in any other business, is a race, and everyone is jockeying for a better position. 

But the thing about positions - even in the C-suite - is that anyone can have them. And if you're not constantly speeding ahead, you might get passed up by someone who is.

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## [Five To Save | Follow The Leaders | July 2, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-july-2-2018)

 7/2/2018

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## [Five To Save | You're Gonna Need A Bigger Antidote | June 11th, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-june-11-2018)

 6/11/2018

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You might recognize some of the problems in this week's five articles, and you'll definitely recognize that the solutions will have to be pretty big.

See what surprising lessons you can learn from Walmart, Homeland Security, and - inevitably - Shark Tank.

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## [Five Steps To Making Your Care Competitive](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-steps-to-making-your-care-competitive)

 6/4/2018

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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)

 5/29/2018

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

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## [Five To Save | The All-Stars Are Playing In A New League | May 14, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-may-14-2018)

 5/14/2018

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## [Does The Data Have To Agree With You?](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/when-the-data-doesnt-agree-with-you)

 5/7/2018

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Much has been made lately of the results of the [**Cardinal Health Supply Chain Survey**](http://www.cardinalhealth.com/content/dam/corp/web/documents/Report/cardinal-health-hospital-supply-chain-survey-results-march-2018.pdf) – and much should. 

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## [Five To Save | Comparing Apples And... Tomatoes? | Apr. 30, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-apr-30-2018)

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## [Carl Says: Don't Leave Savings On The Shelf](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/carls-got-something-to-say-to-you)

 4/23/2018

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## [Five To Save | Shifting The Human Focus | Apr. 16, 2018](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/five-to-save-apr-16-2018)

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It's easy - in a field dominated by endless spreadsheets of sterile equipment used in impersonal procedures - to lose sight of what healthcare is all about. People. We could all be doing what we do in any industry, if it weren't for that all-important human factor. Sometimes we forget to care.

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