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

The Best Alternative Solutions for a Take-a-Number System

The Best Alternative Solutions for a Take-a-Number System

What is Queue Management System? A Definitive Guide

What is Queue Management System? A Definitive Guide

4 Ideas to Reduce Customer Service Wait Times

4 Ideas to Reduce Customer Service Wait Times

5 Reasons Why Hospital Queues Are So Long

5 Reasons Why Hospital Queues Are So Long

The Importance of Greeting Your Patients

The Importance of Greeting Your Patients

8 Queue Management System Features Your Business Needs

8 Queue Management System Features Your Business Needs

4 Easy Ways to Modernize Patient Waiting Room Experience

4 Easy Ways to Modernize Patient Waiting Room Experience

How to Improve Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals

How to Improve Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals

The Effects of Waiting in Healthcare

The Effects of Waiting in Healthcare

The Cheat-Sheet to Choose the Right Queue Management System

The Cheat-Sheet to Choose the Right Queue Management System

The Secret to Hospital Growth Is Patient Experience

The Secret to Hospital Growth Is Patient Experience

7 Powerful Customer Service Phrases to Use

7 Powerful Customer Service Phrases to Use

The Effect of No-Show Appointments on Patients and Hospitals

The Effect of No-Show Appointments on Patients and Hospitals

4 Levels of Customer Loyalty: How to Keep Your Clients

4 Levels of Customer Loyalty: How to Keep Your Clients

The Language of Queuing: Correct Etymology, Definition, and Uses

The Language of Queuing: Correct Etymology, Definition, and Uses

What Is a Queuing System? Definition, Examples, and Benefits

What Is a Queuing System? Definition, Examples, and Benefits

7 Common Customer Service Phrases to Avoid

7 Common Customer Service Phrases to Avoid

Introducing Qminder's New and Improved Service View

Introducing Qminder's New and Improved Service View

The Beginner’s Guide to Queuing theory

The Beginner’s Guide to Queuing theory

Why You Should Listen to Your Customers (And Why You Shouldn’t)

Why You Should Listen to Your Customers (And Why You Shouldn’t)

11 Ways to Make Customers Fall in Love With Your Brand

11 Ways to Make Customers Fall in Love With Your Brand

Back in the USSR: The Art of Soviet Queues

Back in the USSR: The Art of Soviet Queues

Free Sign-Up & Sign-In Sheet Templates [PDF]

Free Sign-Up & Sign-In Sheet Templates [PDF]

70 Customer Service Quotes to Keep You Inspired

70 Customer Service Quotes to Keep You Inspired

7 Insanely Powerful Strategies to Manage Customer Wait Times

7 Insanely Powerful Strategies to Manage Customer Wait Times

Make Your Event Successful With a Queue Management System

Make Your Event Successful With a Queue Management System

It’s Official: Qminder Is SOC 2 Type II Compliant

It’s Official: Qminder Is SOC 2 Type II Compliant

Qminder Introduces Total Time for the Service View

Qminder Introduces Total Time for the Service View

Improving Service Intelligence With Qminder’s Latest Update

Improving Service Intelligence With Qminder’s Latest Update

Powerful Examples of Contactless Customer Experience during COVID-19 Pandemic

Powerful Examples of Contactless Customer Experience during COVID-19 Pandemic

Happy Birthday! Qminder Turns 10 Years Old

Happy Birthday! Qminder Turns 10 Years Old

Scan COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates With Qminder

Scan COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates With Qminder

6 Best Strategies to Reduce No-Shows

6 Best Strategies to Reduce No-Shows

Improving Performance Tracking With Our Latest Update

Improving Performance Tracking With Our Latest Update

How McDonald’s Self-Service Kiosks Changed the Customer Experience Game

How McDonald’s Self-Service Kiosks Changed the Customer Experience Game

5 Reasons Why Your Customers Leave Your Business

5 Reasons Why Your Customers Leave Your Business

Staffing & Scheduling With a Queue Management System

Staffing & Scheduling With a Queue Management System

Consumer Behavior During and After Pandemic: 4 Trends to Watch

Consumer Behavior During and After Pandemic: 4 Trends to Watch

Introducing New Visitor History

Introducing New Visitor History

New Whitepaper: Ridesharing and Queue Management [PDF]

New Whitepaper: Ridesharing and Queue Management [PDF]

Student Enrollment With Virtual Queuing

Student Enrollment With Virtual Queuing

Optimizing Business Through Smart Queue Management Analytics

Optimizing Business Through Smart Queue Management Analytics

Digitizing Queue Token Dispensers

Digitizing Queue Token Dispensers

Waitlist Monitor: Your Customers on Display

Waitlist Monitor: Your Customers on Display

Why Your Pet Care Business Needs a Queue Management System

Why Your Pet Care Business Needs a Queue Management System

Retail Strategies to Drive Growth in 2021 (And Beyond)

Retail Strategies to Drive Growth in 2021 (And Beyond)

Redefining Customer Experience in Post-Lockdown Era

Redefining Customer Experience in Post-Lockdown Era

How a Queue Management System Benefits Every Industry

How a Queue Management System Benefits Every Industry

Queue Management in Test Labs: Making Clinic Visits Safe

Queue Management in Test Labs: Making Clinic Visits Safe

60+ Queue Management Facts and Statistics You Should Know in 2021

60+ Queue Management Facts and Statistics You Should Know in 2021

Personalized Customer Service: Making Customers Fall in Love With You

Personalized Customer Service: Making Customers Fall in Love With You

How the City of Greensboro Manages Its Walk-In Visitors

How the City of Greensboro Manages Its Walk-In Visitors

Why Are Hospital Wait Times in Canada So Long?

Why Are Hospital Wait Times in Canada So Long?

Understanding FIFO: First-In, First-Out in Queue Management

Understanding FIFO: First-In, First-Out in Queue Management

Single-Line Queues Vs Multiple-Line Queues: Which One Is Better?

Single-Line Queues Vs Multiple-Line Queues: Which One Is Better?

How Your Queuing Strategy Affects Your Bottom Line

How Your Queuing Strategy Affects Your Bottom Line

6 Queue Management Myths, Debunked

6 Queue Management Myths, Debunked

Building Great Queue Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Any Business

Building Great Queue Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Any Business

Patient Journey Mapping: Making Healthcare Experience Better for All

Patient Journey Mapping: Making Healthcare Experience Better for All

Speed Matters: 10 Tips for Delivering Faster Customer Service

Speed Matters: 10 Tips for Delivering Faster Customer Service

Preventing Violence and Abuse of Frontline Workers

Preventing Violence and Abuse of Frontline Workers

Gathering Customer Data to Improve Service Flow

Gathering Customer Data to Improve Service Flow

The World's Most Famous and Longest Queues

The World's Most Famous and Longest Queues

The Problem With Wait Times at Government Offices

The Problem With Wait Times at Government Offices

How Electronic Queuing Systems Improve Operational Efficiency

How Electronic Queuing Systems Improve Operational Efficiency

How Social Distancing Can Work in Schools, Colleges and Universities

How Social Distancing Can Work in Schools, Colleges and Universities

Social Distancing After COVID-19: Learning From Pandemic

Social Distancing After COVID-19: Learning From Pandemic

Customer Service in a Post-Covid World

Customer Service in a Post-Covid World

How to Improve Customer Communication With SMS Text Messaging

How to Improve Customer Communication With SMS Text Messaging

5 Scientific Explanations for How Wait Times Impact Customer Behavior

5 Scientific Explanations for How Wait Times Impact Customer Behavior

Using People-Counting Systems for Social Distancing

Using People-Counting Systems for Social Distancing

Curbside Pickup: A Contactless Solution to Coronavirus Shopping

Curbside Pickup: A Contactless Solution to Coronavirus Shopping

Reduce Patient Wait Times to Stop COVID-19 Spread

Reduce Patient Wait Times to Stop COVID-19 Spread

How ViaVan Enables Fast Driver Onboarding With Qminder

How ViaVan Enables Fast Driver Onboarding With Qminder

COVID-19 Safety Guidelines: 7 Tips on Safe Queuing and Workplace Practices

COVID-19 Safety Guidelines: 7 Tips on Safe Queuing and Workplace Practices

Tips on Safe Queue Management During Quarantine

Tips on Safe Queue Management During Quarantine

How Investing in Self-Service Kiosks Helps Queuing

How Investing in Self-Service Kiosks Helps Queuing

Qminder Introduces Improved Google Sheets Integration

Qminder Introduces Improved Google Sheets Integration

What Retail Can Learn About Queuing From Video Games

What Retail Can Learn About Queuing From Video Games

9 Proven Benefits of Online Queue Management Systems

9 Proven Benefits of Online Queue Management Systems

What Is Virtual Queuing? A Guide to Virtual Queues

What Is Virtual Queuing? A Guide to Virtual Queues

The Ultimate Retail Holiday Calendar [PDF]

The Ultimate Retail Holiday Calendar [PDF]

The Future of CX: 14 Customer Experience Trends for 2020 (And Beyond)

The Future of CX: 14 Customer Experience Trends for 2020 (And Beyond)

Introducing User Details: A Quick Way to Measure Employee Performance

Introducing User Details: A Quick Way to Measure Employee Performance

21 Tips to Get the Most out of Small Business Saturday 2019

21 Tips to Get the Most out of Small Business Saturday 2019

How Takealot Leverages Queuing Software to Enhance Order Collection

How Takealot Leverages Queuing Software to Enhance Order Collection

10 Lessons From Qminder’s Remote Work Trip to Georgia

10 Lessons From Qminder’s Remote Work Trip to Georgia

9 Ways Digital Queue Management Helps Government Offices

9 Ways Digital Queue Management Helps Government Offices

Retail Checklist: Tips for Managing Crowds on Black Friday

Retail Checklist: Tips for Managing Crowds on Black Friday

Balancing Automation and the Human Touch in Click & Collect

Balancing Automation and the Human Touch in Click & Collect

Using the Data From People Counters to Boost Service

Using the Data From People Counters to Boost Service

What Are You Waiting For: The Queuing Theory in Practice

What Are You Waiting For: The Queuing Theory in Practice

The Cost of Queues: How Improper Queue Management Affects Your Bottom Line

The Cost of Queues: How Improper Queue Management Affects Your Bottom Line

Weighing the Options: Can Queue-Jumping Be Fair?

Weighing the Options: Can Queue-Jumping Be Fair?

Girteka Logistics: Managing Candidate Visits

Girteka Logistics: Managing Candidate Visits

A Quick Guide to Queue Management With Visit Planner

A Quick Guide to Queue Management With Visit Planner

The Complete Guide to Queue Management Labels and Input Fields

The Complete Guide to Queue Management Labels and Input Fields

Building the Queue Management Pyramid, From the Top Down

Building the Queue Management Pyramid, From the Top Down

Berkeley Rec Sports: Managing Visitor Experience

Berkeley Rec Sports: Managing Visitor Experience

What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Customer Service

What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Customer Service

LHV: Managing 170,000+ Clients With a Digital Queuing System

LHV: Managing 170,000+ Clients With a Digital Queuing System

5 Key Takeaways From the X4 Conference

5 Key Takeaways From the X4 Conference

Why You Shouldn’t Build Your Own Queuing System

Why You Shouldn’t Build Your Own Queuing System

Mowasalat: Effectively Handling Over 7,000 Drivers

Mowasalat: Effectively Handling Over 7,000 Drivers

7 Japanese Words That Teach Great Customer Service

7 Japanese Words That Teach Great Customer Service

Dear Customer Service People: A Love Letter From Qminder

Dear Customer Service People: A Love Letter From Qminder

Helping Customers Help Themselves: The Benefits of Self-Service

Helping Customers Help Themselves: The Benefits of Self-Service

11 Queue Strategy Tips, Explained in Fewer Than 140 Characters

11 Queue Strategy Tips, Explained in Fewer Than 140 Characters

It's a Christmas Miracle: Improving Santa Queues

It's a Christmas Miracle: Improving Santa Queues

The Periodic Table of Customer Service Elements

The Periodic Table of Customer Service Elements

6 Customer Experience Trends in Healthcare

6 Customer Experience Trends in Healthcare

Nurturing Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 2]

Nurturing Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 2]

Building Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 1]

Building Workplace Happiness in Customer Service [Part 1]

Beacon OHSS: A New Approach to Customer Service

Beacon OHSS: A New Approach to Customer Service

How to Prepare Your Store for Halloween

How to Prepare Your Store for Halloween

How to Optimize Patient Flow in Healthcare

How to Optimize Patient Flow in Healthcare

Why Take-a-Number Systems Suck: A Comprehensive Analysis

Why Take-a-Number Systems Suck: A Comprehensive Analysis

iShop Guatemala: How to Reduce Wait Times by Half

iShop Guatemala: How to Reduce Wait Times by Half

Survey Results: Stories From Customer Service People

Survey Results: Stories From Customer Service People

Leveling Up the Medical Staff Experience

Leveling Up the Medical Staff Experience

Retail Customer Service Tips, As Told by Customers

Retail Customer Service Tips, As Told by Customers

Personalization in Healthcare

Personalization in Healthcare

ToastMe Visitor Management

ToastMe Visitor Management

What Patient Experience Can Learn From Customer Experience

What Patient Experience Can Learn From Customer Experience

Montgomery Water Works Visitor Management

Montgomery Water Works Visitor Management

Customer Service Is a Mindset, Not a Department

Customer Service Is a Mindset, Not a Department

La Cité Student Management

La Cité Student Management

The Key to Succeeding Like an Apple Store

The Key to Succeeding Like an Apple Store

City of Manhattan Beach Visitor Management

City of Manhattan Beach Visitor Management

GDT Visitor Management at Cisco Live

GDT Visitor Management at Cisco Live

Winning Over Angry Customers With Customer Service

Winning Over Angry Customers With Customer Service

Creating a Customer Empathy Map

Creating a Customer Empathy Map

The Art of Comparing Business Locations

The Art of Comparing Business Locations

Self-Service as the Future of Customer Service

Self-Service as the Future of Customer Service

5 Customer Experience Mistakes to Avoid

5 Customer Experience Mistakes to Avoid

What is the Customer Experience Pyramid?

What is the Customer Experience Pyramid?

Customer Service Lessons From the Airline Industry

Customer Service Lessons From the Airline Industry

4 Knows of Tailored Customer Service

4 Knows of Tailored Customer Service

Oakland Airport Employee Management

Oakland Airport Employee Management

8 Powerful Ways to Empower Your Employees

8 Powerful Ways to Empower Your Employees

How to Win Back the Hearts of Customers

How to Win Back the Hearts of Customers

Customer Service Strategy, as Taught by Star Wars

Customer Service Strategy, as Taught by Star Wars

Use Location Data for Better Customer Experience

Use Location Data for Better Customer Experience

9 Healthy Habits of Customer Service Agents

9 Healthy Habits of Customer Service Agents

Do You Really Provide Great Customer Service?

Do You Really Provide Great Customer Service?

4 Simple Strategies to Improve Customer Satisfaction

4 Simple Strategies to Improve Customer Satisfaction

5 Questions to Ask Your Customers

5 Questions to Ask Your Customers

The Future is Here — New Qminder Feature

The Future is Here — New Qminder Feature

Ola Visitor Management System

Ola Visitor Management System

How to Show Empathy to Customers

How to Show Empathy to Customers

A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Experience

A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Experience

Numbers Do Lie, or a Story of the Most Patient Visitor Ever

Numbers Do Lie, or a Story of the Most Patient Visitor Ever

How to Train Your Employees in Customer Service

How to Train Your Employees in Customer Service

The Benefits of Service Intelligence for Your Business

The Benefits of Service Intelligence for Your Business

Westchester Community College Student Management

Westchester Community College Student Management

Why You Hate Waiting in Line

Why You Hate Waiting in Line

37 Stats You Didn't Know About Customer Service

37 Stats You Didn't Know About Customer Service

8 HIPAA Myths, Explained and Debunked

8 HIPAA Myths, Explained and Debunked

Easy Steps for Good Retail Experience

Easy Steps for Good Retail Experience

Qminder Is Now HIPAA-Compliant

Qminder Is Now HIPAA-Compliant

How Queue Management Works in Education

How Queue Management Works in Education

Queue Barriers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Queue Barriers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

How to Make Queues Feel Shorter

How to Make Queues Feel Shorter

The Features of a Queue Management System

The Features of a Queue Management System

How to Reduce Queues in Banks

How to Reduce Queues in Banks

Overworked Nurses Are Killing Your Healthcare Business

Overworked Nurses Are Killing Your Healthcare Business

Why the Other Line Always Moves Faster Than Yours

Why the Other Line Always Moves Faster Than Yours

5 Ways to Transform the In-Store Experience

5 Ways to Transform the In-Store Experience

Qualities of Good Queue Design

Qualities of Good Queue Design

How to Manage Queues in Restaurants

How to Manage Queues in Restaurants

The Power of Using Customer Names

The Power of Using Customer Names

Why Great Customer Service Begins With a Smile

Why Great Customer Service Begins With a Smile

5 Easy Steps to Better Waiting Line Experience

5 Easy Steps to Better Waiting Line Experience

Long Waiting Times Cost You Sales

Long Waiting Times Cost You Sales

Excellent Tasting Experience From Plate by Plate

Excellent Tasting Experience From Plate by Plate

How Analytics Improves Customer Experience

How Analytics Improves Customer Experience

12 Dos and Don'ts of Effective Queuing

12 Dos and Don'ts of Effective Queuing

Can a Queue System Improve Customer Experience?

Can a Queue System Improve Customer Experience?

3 Things to Keep in Mind When Building a CX Strategy

3 Things to Keep in Mind When Building a CX Strategy

Disney and the Art of Queuing

Disney and the Art of Queuing

EyeSite Gives You the Best Eye Care Experience

EyeSite Gives You the Best Eye Care Experience

GeekHampton Retail Queue Management Solution

GeekHampton Retail Queue Management Solution

How to Make Customer Service Personal

How to Make Customer Service Personal

Santa Photography Virtual Queue System

Santa Photography Virtual Queue System

How to Manage Heavy Footfall

How to Manage Heavy Footfall

Improving Business With Service Intelligence

Improving Business With Service Intelligence

4 Reasons Your Customer Service Strategy Isn't Working

4 Reasons Your Customer Service Strategy Isn't Working

Which Superhero Are You? A Customer Service Personality Test

Which Superhero Are You? A Customer Service Personality Test

How Technology Can Improve Queue Management

How Technology Can Improve Queue Management

Make Your Customer Service Unbearable, In 4 Easy Steps

Make Your Customer Service Unbearable, In 4 Easy Steps

🎃 Tales From the Queue, Volume 1

🎃 Tales From the Queue, Volume 1

Customer Satisfaction Metrics You Need to Be Tracking

Customer Satisfaction Metrics You Need to Be Tracking

What It Means to Be Customer-Centric

What It Means to Be Customer-Centric

How to Improve Customer Impulse Purchasing Behavior

How to Improve Customer Impulse Purchasing Behavior

How to Use Footfall Analytics to Improve Customer Service

How to Use Footfall Analytics to Improve Customer Service

How to Deliver Excellent Customer Experience

How to Deliver Excellent Customer Experience

Queuing Theory as Applied to Customer Service

Queuing Theory as Applied to Customer Service

Customer Feedback as a Way to Great Customer Experience

Customer Feedback as a Way to Great Customer Experience

Millennials and Your Next Queuing Strategy

Millennials and Your Next Queuing Strategy

Why Schools Need Queue Management

Why Schools Need Queue Management

How to Implement a Queue Management System for Retail

How to Implement a Queue Management System for Retail

How Retail Benefits From Amazing Customer Experience

How Retail Benefits From Amazing Customer Experience

The Psychology of Queuing As a Key to Reducing Wait Time

The Psychology of Queuing As a Key to Reducing Wait Time

7 Types of People in a Queue

7 Types of People in a Queue

Are Walk-Ins More Efficient Than Appointments?

Are Walk-Ins More Efficient Than Appointments?

The Best Times to Visit a Hospital

The Best Times to Visit a Hospital

Visitor Experience 101 for Hospitals

Visitor Experience 101 for Hospitals

Ravensbourne College Queue Management

Ravensbourne College Queue Management

Web-Based Queue Management

Web-Based Queue Management

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