Case Study: University of Oxford achieves city-wide inventory visibility and faster stock control with Wasp Barcode Technologies

The University of Oxford Makes the Grade with Wasp Inventory Control

The University of Oxford, with buildings across the city and a 28,000‑extension telephone network, needed to upgrade its outdated analog phones to VoIP. That rollout created a large influx of equipment the Telecoms department could only track by sight and ad‑hoc spreadsheets, leading to stockouts, untracked items, and no clear way to know where phones were installed or when to reorder.

The department implemented Wasp’s inventory management and barcode labeling, using existing product/serial barcodes and adding purchase‑order details where needed. The solution was quick to deploy, provides real‑time location and activity tracking, makes missing items traceable and invoiceable, and reclaimed hours of manual searching—significantly improving efficiency and procurement visibility.

University of Oxford

Jemima Spare

IT Support Officer