Customer story

City of Richland

Queuing software that manages citizens’ waiting experience.

Qminder is user-friendly and provides a better customer experience.

Jessica Lopez

Customer Service Supervisor

Industry:

Government

Locations:

The City of Richland is a municipality that handles utilities, business licensing, city payments, and other related services.

THEIR PROBLEM

In charge of the citizen experience

The City of Richland provides a lot of different services aimed at a wide spectrum of the population.

On any given day, the City of Richland experiences hundreds of visitors, all wanting to resolve their particular problems.

Prior to partnering with Qminder, Richland did not employ any queuing system to manage their visitors.

Over time, it became apparent that manually managing the line was taking up precious time. It was decided to find a digital queuing solution that could:

Automate the check-in process
Offer flexible management of visitors
Store customer data for later use

THEIR GOAL

The City of Richland wants to provide fast, efficient resolutions to their visitors’ problems.

THEIR SOLUTION

Learning the new system

The City of Richland started using the Qminder queue management system on a recommendation by the City Manager.

One of the deciding factors was the system’s iOS compatibility and the ease of setup. The latter was proven when there were no issues with connecting new devices or onboarding the staff.

The City of Richland decided for a simpler queuing layout: they have one waiting area, three iPad, and a TV to show their waitlist in real-time.

This is how it looks from a customer’s perspective: they walk in, sign in on an iPad, join the virtual line, check their queue status on the TV, and then are called up by a front-desk agent.

Qminder features used

Sign-in kiosk

Waitlist TV

Service dashboard

Analytics

THEIR SUCCESS

Flexibility and intuitiveness

Overall, it was noted how Qminder provides a better customer experience.

One of the biggest selling points was the user-friendliness of the interface — not only from the perspective of visitors, but for the staff as well.

Flexible visitor management options allow the clerks to rearrange the visitor line on the fly without any service interruptions.

If a visitor has joined the wrong line, they can be moved to the correct line in just a few clicks. This drastically reduces the possibility of human error as well as frustration.

Learning points

The City of Richland proves that simplicity drives the experience. Their easy layout results in significantly reduced wait times and, as a result, improved satisfaction.

The public sector at large is still to come to grips with the fact that visitor experience matters. The City of Richland, with its use of modern queuing technologies, paves the way for the rest.

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