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Kirill Tšernov
Putting U in Queue at Qminder
Kirill Tšernov was the Content Manager at Qminder. He specializes in queue management and customer service innovation. Passionate about enhancing customer experiences, Kirill combines data-driven insights with engaging storytelling to explore the future of queue management.
Kirill's most recent articles

February 5, 2024 8 min read
The Best Alternative Solutions for a Take-a-Number System

January 7, 2024 22 min read
What is Queue Management System? A Definitive Guide

December 3, 2023 7 min read
4 Ideas to Reduce Customer Service Wait Times

May 26, 2023 6 min read
5 Reasons Why Hospital Queues Are So Long

April 1, 2023 7 min read
The Importance of Greeting Your Patients

March 16, 2023 7 min read
8 Queue Management System Features Your Business Needs

March 7, 2023 5 min read
4 Easy Ways to Modernize Patient Waiting Room Experience

February 12, 2023 9 min read
How to Improve Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals

January 31, 2023 4 min read
The Effects of Waiting in Healthcare

November 19, 2022 7 min read
The Secret to Hospital Growth Is Patient Experience

October 28, 2022 5 min read
7 Powerful Customer Service Phrases to Use

June 6, 2022 8 min read
The Effect of No-Show Appointments on Patients and Hospitals

March 7, 2022 5 min read
4 Levels of Customer Loyalty: How to Keep Your Clients

March 4, 2022 10 min read
The Language of Queuing: Correct Etymology, Definition, and Uses

February 25, 2022 15 min read
What Is a Queuing System? Definition, Examples, and Benefits

February 23, 2022 4 min read
7 Common Customer Service Phrases to Avoid

February 22, 2022 2 min read
Introducing Qminder's New and Improved Service View

February 21, 2022 8 min read
The Beginner’s Guide to Queuing theory

February 15, 2022 9 min read
Why You Should Listen to Your Customers (And Why You Shouldn’t)

February 11, 2022 11 min read
11 Ways to Make Customers Fall in Love With Your Brand

January 26, 2022 13 min read
Back in the USSR: The Art of Soviet Queues
![Free Sign-Up & Sign-In Sheet Templates [PDF]](/static/img/cms-blog/44LPc9KSvoVha1N3Sh9FGc/improve-waiting-room-checklist.png)
January 21, 2022 5 min read
Free Sign-Up & Sign-In Sheet Templates [PDF]

January 14, 2022 7 min read
70 Customer Service Quotes to Keep You Inspired

January 12, 2022 6 min read
7 Insanely Powerful Strategies to Manage Customer Wait Times

December 13, 2021 5 min read
Make Your Event Successful With a Queue Management System

November 24, 2021 1 min read
It’s Official: Qminder Is SOC 2 Type II Compliant

November 19, 2021 2 min read
Qminder Introduces Total Time for the Service View

November 11, 2021 2 min read
Improving Service Intelligence With Qminder’s Latest Update

September 24, 2021 4 min read
Powerful Examples of Contactless Customer Experience during COVID-19 Pandemic

September 21, 2021 4 min read
Happy Birthday! Qminder Turns 10 Years Old

September 14, 2021 4 min read
Scan COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates With Qminder

August 17, 2021 2 min read
Improving Performance Tracking With Our Latest Update

August 16, 2021 7 min read
How McDonald’s Self-Service Kiosks Changed the Customer Experience Game

July 29, 2021 7 min read
5 Reasons Why Your Customers Leave Your Business

July 25, 2021 4 min read
Staffing & Scheduling With a Queue Management System

July 21, 2021 1 min read
Consumer Behavior During and After Pandemic: 4 Trends to Watch

June 15, 2021 2 min read
Introducing New Visitor History
![New Whitepaper: Ridesharing and Queue Management [PDF]](/static/img/cms-blog/2ZnKcUj17LSzrICfhuPOjq/ridesharing-queue-management-guide.png)
June 10, 2021 4 min read
New Whitepaper: Ridesharing and Queue Management [PDF]

May 30, 2021 4 min read
Student Enrollment With Virtual Queuing

May 18, 2021 7 min read
Optimizing Business Through Smart Queue Management Analytics

May 17, 2021 4 min read
Digitizing Queue Token Dispensers

April 29, 2021 5 min read
Waitlist Monitor: Your Customers on Display

April 28, 2021 4 min read
Why Your Pet Care Business Needs a Queue Management System

April 27, 2021 5 min read
Retail Strategies to Drive Growth in 2021 (And Beyond)

April 20, 2021 7 min read
Redefining Customer Experience in Post-Lockdown Era

March 19, 2021 7 min read
How a Queue Management System Benefits Every Industry

March 16, 2021 5 min read
Queue Management in Test Labs: Making Clinic Visits Safe

February 18, 2021 8 min read
60+ Queue Management Facts and Statistics You Should Know in 2021

February 12, 2021 7 min read
Personalized Customer Service: Making Customers Fall in Love With You

February 9, 2021 4 min read
How the City of Greensboro Manages Its Walk-In Visitors

February 8, 2021 7 min read
Why Are Hospital Wait Times in Canada So Long?

January 28, 2021 6 min read
Understanding FIFO: First-In, First-Out in Queue Management

January 21, 2021 8 min read
Single-Line Queues Vs Multiple-Line Queues: Which One Is Better?

January 13, 2021 6 min read
How Your Queuing Strategy Affects Your Bottom Line

December 8, 2020 6 min read
6 Queue Management Myths, Debunked

November 30, 2020 7 min read
Building Great Queue Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Any Business

November 24, 2020 5 min read
Patient Journey Mapping: Making Healthcare Experience Better for All

October 26, 2020 12 min read
Speed Matters: 10 Tips for Delivering Faster Customer Service

October 13, 2020 12 min read
Preventing Violence and Abuse of Frontline Workers

September 29, 2020 6 min read
Gathering Customer Data to Improve Service Flow

September 12, 2020 13 min read
The World's Most Famous and Longest Queues

September 5, 2020 7 min read
The Problem With Wait Times at Government Offices

August 28, 2020 9 min read
How Electronic Queuing Systems Improve Operational Efficiency

July 31, 2020 10 min read
How Social Distancing Can Work in Schools, Colleges and Universities

July 23, 2020 4 min read
Social Distancing After COVID-19: Learning From Pandemic

June 29, 2020 8 min read
Customer Service in a Post-Covid World

May 14, 2020 8 min read
How to Improve Customer Communication With SMS Text Messaging

May 7, 2020 9 min read
5 Scientific Explanations for How Wait Times Impact Customer Behavior

April 23, 2020 6 min read
Using People-Counting Systems for Social Distancing

April 9, 2020 8 min read
Curbside Pickup: A Contactless Solution to Coronavirus Shopping

April 6, 2020 6 min read
Reduce Patient Wait Times to Stop COVID-19 Spread

March 26, 2020 4 min read
How ViaVan Enables Fast Driver Onboarding With Qminder

March 24, 2020 5 min read
COVID-19 Safety Guidelines: 7 Tips on Safe Queuing and Workplace Practices

March 18, 2020 5 min read
Tips on Safe Queue Management During Quarantine

February 10, 2020 6 min read
How Investing in Self-Service Kiosks Helps Queuing

January 31, 2020 3 min read
Qminder Introduces Improved Google Sheets Integration

January 24, 2020 6 min read
What Retail Can Learn About Queuing From Video Games

January 9, 2020 7 min read
9 Proven Benefits of Online Queue Management Systems

January 7, 2020 7 min read
What Is Virtual Queuing? A Guide to Virtual Queues
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December 6, 2019 17 min read
The Ultimate Retail Holiday Calendar [PDF]

November 28, 2019 11 min read
The Future of CX: 14 Customer Experience Trends for 2020 (And Beyond)

November 15, 2019 4 min read
Introducing User Details: A Quick Way to Measure Employee Performance

November 12, 2019 13 min read
21 Tips to Get the Most out of Small Business Saturday 2019

November 6, 2019 8 min read
How Takealot Leverages Queuing Software to Enhance Order Collection

November 5, 2019 2 min read
10 Lessons From Qminder’s Remote Work Trip to Georgia

October 16, 2019 7 min read
Retail Checklist: Tips for Managing Crowds on Black Friday

September 21, 2019 6 min read
Balancing Automation and the Human Touch in Click & Collect

September 6, 2019 6 min read
Using the Data From People Counters to Boost Service

August 29, 2019 8 min read
What Are You Waiting For: The Queuing Theory in Practice

August 19, 2019 10 min read
The Cost of Queues: How Improper Queue Management Affects Your Bottom Line

August 13, 2019 7 min read
Weighing the Options: Can Queue-Jumping Be Fair?

July 26, 2019 5 min read
Girteka Logistics: Managing Candidate Visits

July 18, 2019 5 min read
A Quick Guide to Queue Management With Visit Planner

July 12, 2019 8 min read
The Complete Guide to Queue Management Labels and Input Fields

June 6, 2019 17 min read
Building the Queue Management Pyramid, From the Top Down

May 23, 2019 4 min read
Berkeley Rec Sports: Managing Visitor Experience

May 13, 2019 4 min read
What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Customer Service

April 24, 2019 6 min read
LHV: Managing 170,000+ Clients With a Digital Queuing System

April 22, 2019 7 min read
5 Key Takeaways From the X4 Conference

April 3, 2019 5 min read
Why You Shouldn’t Build Your Own Queuing System

March 18, 2019 6 min read
Mowasalat: Effectively Handling Over 7,000 Drivers

February 15, 2019 8 min read
7 Japanese Words That Teach Great Customer Service

February 13, 2019 2 min read
Dear Customer Service People: A Love Letter From Qminder

February 12, 2019 6 min read
Helping Customers Help Themselves: The Benefits of Self-Service

February 5, 2019 4 min read
11 Queue Strategy Tips, Explained in Fewer Than 140 Characters

December 5, 2018 5 min read
It's a Christmas Miracle: Improving Santa Queues

November 23, 2018 2 min read
The Periodic Table of Customer Service Elements

November 21, 2018 6 min read
6 Customer Experience Trends in Healthcare
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November 20, 2018 6 min read
Nurturing Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 2]
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November 15, 2018 7 min read
Building Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 1]

November 1, 2018 5 min read
Beacon OHSS: A New Approach to Customer Service

October 30, 2018 6 min read
How to Prepare Your Store for Halloween

October 25, 2018 5 min read
How to Optimize Patient Flow in Healthcare

October 19, 2018 7 min read
Why Take-a-Number Systems Suck: A Comprehensive Analysis

October 4, 2018 5 min read
iShop Guatemala: How to Reduce Wait Times by Half

October 2, 2018 8 min read
Survey Results: Stories From Customer Service People

September 18, 2018 8 min read
Leveling Up the Medical Staff Experience

September 13, 2018 5 min read
Retail Customer Service Tips, As Told by Customers

September 5, 2018 6 min read
Personalization in Healthcare

August 30, 2018 2 min read
ToastMe Visitor Management

August 27, 2018 8 min read
What Patient Experience Can Learn From Customer Experience

August 23, 2018 4 min read
Montgomery Water Works Visitor Management

August 13, 2018 6 min read
Customer Service Is a Mindset, Not a Department

July 19, 2018 5 min read
La Cité Student Management

July 6, 2018 12 min read
The Key to Succeeding Like an Apple Store

July 2, 2018 3 min read
City of Manhattan Beach Visitor Management

June 29, 2018 3 min read
GDT Visitor Management at Cisco Live

June 27, 2018 6 min read
Winning Over Angry Customers With Customer Service

June 22, 2018 2 min read
Creating a Customer Empathy Map

June 19, 2018 5 min read
The Art of Comparing Business Locations

June 7, 2018 5 min read
Self-Service as the Future of Customer Service

May 30, 2018 4 min read
5 Customer Experience Mistakes to Avoid

May 25, 2018 1 min read
What is the Customer Experience Pyramid?

May 22, 2018 7 min read
Customer Service Lessons From the Airline Industry

May 18, 2018 7 min read
4 Knows of Tailored Customer Service

May 17, 2018 2 min read
Oakland Airport Employee Management

May 11, 2018 6 min read
8 Powerful Ways to Empower Your Employees

May 10, 2018 8 min read
How to Win Back the Hearts of Customers

May 4, 2018 4 min read
Customer Service Strategy, as Taught by Star Wars

April 13, 2018 5 min read
Use Location Data for Better Customer Experience

April 12, 2018 5 min read
9 Healthy Habits of Customer Service Agents

April 10, 2018 6 min read
Do You Really Provide Great Customer Service?

April 4, 2018 6 min read
4 Simple Strategies to Improve Customer Satisfaction

April 2, 2018 6 min read
5 Questions to Ask Your Customers

April 1, 2018 3 min read
The Future is Here — New Qminder Feature

March 23, 2018 4 min read
Ola Visitor Management System

March 22, 2018 5 min read
How to Show Empathy to Customers

March 20, 2018 8 min read
A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Experience

March 16, 2018 2 min read
Numbers Do Lie, or a Story of the Most Patient Visitor Ever

March 13, 2018 6 min read
How to Train Your Employees in Customer Service

March 9, 2018 7 min read
The Benefits of Service Intelligence for Your Business

March 8, 2018 4 min read
Westchester Community College Student Management

March 5, 2018 6 min read
Why You Hate Waiting in Line

March 2, 2018 5 min read
37 Stats You Didn't Know About Customer Service

February 21, 2018 7 min read
8 HIPAA Myths, Explained and Debunked

February 19, 2018 6 min read
Easy Steps for Good Retail Experience

February 16, 2018 5 min read
Qminder Is Now HIPAA-Compliant

February 13, 2018 7 min read
How Queue Management Works in Education

February 9, 2018 6 min read
Queue Barriers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

February 6, 2018 6 min read
How to Make Queues Feel Shorter

February 2, 2018 8 min read
The Features of a Queue Management System

January 30, 2018 7 min read
How to Reduce Queues in Banks

January 26, 2018 8 min read
Overworked Nurses Are Killing Your Healthcare Business

January 24, 2018 6 min read
Why the Other Line Always Moves Faster Than Yours

January 19, 2018 6 min read
5 Ways to Transform the In-Store Experience

January 16, 2018 7 min read
Qualities of Good Queue Design

January 12, 2018 7 min read
How to Manage Queues in Restaurants

January 8, 2018 5 min read
The Power of Using Customer Names

January 5, 2018 5 min read
Why Great Customer Service Begins With a Smile

January 4, 2018 7 min read
5 Easy Steps to Better Waiting Line Experience

December 22, 2017 6 min read
Long Waiting Times Cost You Sales

December 21, 2017 4 min read
Excellent Tasting Experience From Plate by Plate

December 15, 2017 7 min read
How Analytics Improves Customer Experience

December 11, 2017 9 min read
12 Dos and Don'ts of Effective Queuing

December 8, 2017 6 min read
Can a Queue System Improve Customer Experience?

December 5, 2017 6 min read
3 Things to Keep in Mind When Building a CX Strategy

December 1, 2017 7 min read
Disney and the Art of Queuing

November 30, 2017 4 min read
EyeSite Gives You the Best Eye Care Experience

November 28, 2017 4 min read
GeekHampton Retail Queue Management Solution

November 24, 2017 6 min read
How to Make Customer Service Personal

November 22, 2017 4 min read
Santa Photography Virtual Queue System

November 20, 2017 7 min read
How to Manage Heavy Footfall

November 17, 2017 12 min read
Improving Business With Service Intelligence

November 10, 2017 8 min read
4 Reasons Your Customer Service Strategy Isn't Working

November 8, 2017 6 min read
Which Superhero Are You? A Customer Service Personality Test

November 3, 2017 9 min read
How Technology Can Improve Queue Management

October 30, 2017 8 min read
Make Your Customer Service Unbearable, In 4 Easy Steps

October 26, 2017 9 min read
🎃 Tales From the Queue, Volume 1

October 19, 2017 16 min read
Customer Satisfaction Metrics You Need to Be Tracking

October 16, 2017 7 min read
What It Means to Be Customer-Centric

October 6, 2017 7 min read
How to Improve Customer Impulse Purchasing Behavior

September 25, 2017 7 min read
How to Use Footfall Analytics to Improve Customer Service

September 20, 2017 15 min read
How to Deliver Excellent Customer Experience

September 18, 2017 8 min read
Queuing Theory as Applied to Customer Service

September 13, 2017 10 min read
Customer Feedback as a Way to Great Customer Experience

September 7, 2017 9 min read
Millennials and Your Next Queuing Strategy

August 31, 2017 11 min read
Why Schools Need Queue Management

August 23, 2017 9 min read
How to Implement a Queue Management System for Retail

August 10, 2017 6 min read
How Retail Benefits From Amazing Customer Experience

August 4, 2017 8 min read
The Psychology of Queuing As a Key to Reducing Wait Time

July 25, 2017 8 min read
7 Types of People in a Queue

June 30, 2017 7 min read
Are Walk-Ins More Efficient Than Appointments?

June 16, 2017 6 min read
The Best Times to Visit a Hospital

June 13, 2017 6 min read
Visitor Experience 101 for Hospitals

January 2, 2017 4 min read
Ravensbourne College Queue Management

December 12, 2013 4 min read
Web-Based Queue Management
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