Case Study: Northumbria University Newcastle streamlines smart home asset management with OpenBOM

Northumbria University Newcastle – OpenBOM for Smart Home Assets Management During Ph.D. Study

The customer, Northumbria University Newcastle, was supporting a Ph.D. student, Graham Coulby, whose research into smart home IoT technology for wellbeing led to a challenge managing a growing inventory of components and prototypes. The student needed an affordable and agile asset management solution to track parts, tools, and resources without the high cost and overhead of generally accepted options. He discovered OpenBOM and a non-commercial license that fit his academic needs.

OpenBOM provided a solution where the student could easily import data and create custom catalogs with properties specific to different device types. The platform’s intuitive dashboard allowed him to visualize his inventory, track on-hand quantities to prevent over-buying, and link items to online manuals and schematics. The implementation by OpenBOM saved the student a significant amount of time, organizing his projects tenfold and enabling him to manage his research budget effectively by always knowing what was in stock.

Northumbria University Newcastle

Graham Coulby

Computer Scientist