I know some agents who have been doing this longer may be able to answer, but i'm really hoping someone who actually assigns orders can tell me better how it works...
My main question, I guess, is how do banks send orders to the BPO companies? Are they in big batches? Organized by state/region? Or do they just trickle in? It seems like I will have several orders in one town/area at a time (not complaining), usually through different companies. Or one co. will send me to a town for an order, then later that day or the next, there's another order for the same town/area, from the same company. If they get them in batches, can't they organize them so they are all assigned at once to save us time and money??? I have had to turn down quite a few orders because of this. I have a few reps who call my cell and ask before assigning them, and if i'm in that area already, I'll accept a lower fee than I do if I have to drive back out there.I'm just wondering how it works from the other side, and if there's anyway to make the process more efficient so we can save time, gas, money, and accomplish more... Anyone with any clue, post or send me a message, please!

What I try to do and get most of the time, is another day or two on the due date so that I know that I will have multiple jobs in the same directions. If they know that they get quality work from you, 99.9% of the companies will give you an additional day or two to get the work in.

I've done that- told a few reps that "today I'm going North, tomorrow I'm going west, and I will be in that area the next day" That was fine with them, but still, when I get back to the office that 3rd day, the same company had emailed me 2 more orders for the same area, and i cannot get back there for 5 more days, so they get reassigned. This is all rural, with many small towns, so I cover a radius of about 50 miles. I want to be more efficient, but I need to better understand the process and how it can be modified to work in areas like mine...