I was intrigued two or three years ago to learn about a QSR operation – I forget which one – that was using digital ... […]
Flashy, big dollar video walls and experiential installations at renovated airports tend to get the attention of industry writers and observers, and that makes ... […]
I have clear memories of talking to queue management hardware and software companies years ago at trade shows, who looked at me then like ... […]
I am big fan of digital signage applications that may seem boring on the surface, but are spot-on in how they make something faster, ... […]
The metering of access into stores and appointment-based retailing that came up by necessity in the past 15 months will stick around, in some fashion, so digital signage solution providers will likely see more and more demand for queue management tools. Those can be built – which can be expensive and time-consuming, and probably hard. […]
I was on a call yesterday talking about how some of the most interesting work we’ve seen lately in digital signage probably looks pretty boring to people outside the industry – notably the use of queue management software for safer shopping. […]
The Portuguese company Q-Better, which has been doing queue management for the past 10 years, has announced a new, free access control software solution for businesses, like retail, that may be opening back up but need to limit how people come inside. […]
There have been many times when I have had demos done for me of vendor solutions that involved people using their smartphones to do something more easily done on a general-use touchscreen. I’d politely say what they’d developed was interesting, but then ask why consumers/patients/whoever wouldn’t just boink away on a touchscreen to get what they needed. […]
It is remarkable how many companies seem to be in the outdoor LCD display business – there has to be at least 20 companies at ISE all showing various iterations of a super-bright display in a metal box, for advertising street furniture, wayfinding kiosks and drive thru promo and menu screens. […]
No end of PR on solutions looking for problems find their way daily to my Inbox, so I’m always happy when I read about a new product or functionality that addresses and appears to resolve a common problem. […]
This is a nice mash-up of queue management and digital signage being used by Quest Diagnostics in more than 2,200 waiting rooms at Quest facilities across the U.S. A custom solution designed by Mood Media integrates the signage solution with Quest’s patient check-in system, so clients can actively monitor their progress while keeping their privacy intact. […]
