Case Study: Houston Independent School District achieves 75% faster annual audits and eliminates costly equipment replacements with Wasp Barcode Technologies

Asset-Tracking Solution Takes Houston Middle School to the Head of the Class

Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD) faced a recurring operational and budgetary challenge: each spring campuses had to complete a district audit of fixed assets—computers and tech equipment—within a tight window while relying on a slow, manual process. West Briar Middle School’s Campus Network Specialist spent excessive time locating items, frequently marked equipment as missing, and the school was often flagged for shortages, forcing scarce funds to be used on replacements instead of classroom technology.

To solve this, West Briar implemented Wasp’s asset management system with barcode printers and scanners and used mobile scanning and teacher-verified checklists during rollout. The system lets staff track and assign equipment (including temporary IDs until district tags arrive), update locations in real time, and reduce audit workload—cutting the expected annual audit from three months to three weeks (75% time savings). The result is fewer unnecessary repurchases, faster device distribution, and more IT time for supporting students and teachers.

Houston Independent School District