Debt Collection Agencies Go Green
Everyone seems to be “going green” right now and collection companies are now following suit. Agencies such as Pacific Northwest Collections are now eliminating paper files and instead are using a piece of software called Document Locater. The shift from paper to paperless has benefited the company in many ways.
Collection agents can now use the document locater to access files for information and can use the data to answer debtor questions over the phone in real time. This is beneficial because it is more efficient. Before, payers often had to wait on the phone for information, or even for a call back from the company.
Because contacting debtors may prove to be difficult, the ability to quickly access information is a useful and effective way to collect. If a collector does get a payer on the phone, it can prove to be frustrating for the person to wait on questions and often times a they may not be able to answer a call back from a collections company.
The new system has turned out to be profitable financially as well. With the new paperless system, hours of work are obliterated. No more typing, filing, or copying is neccessary, leaving collectors with more time to get in contact with debtors rather than do clerical work.
The new system also makes the company seem more professional. It may give the impression that a collection agency is uninformed when they cannot access information in a timely fashion. After all, the more creditable an agency appears, the more likely payers are to take the company seriously. Although at first shifting the information to software and purchasing the software itself may be costly, the whole procedure seems to pay for itself. A manager at Pacific Northwest Collections claims that the company saves $2,000 with the new system.
In a recession, collection agencies are struggling with retrieving money from debtors. Companies who are creative and have the ability to think outside of the box may very well turn out to be the most successful.
Mallory McGuinness-Hickey is employed by debt collection agency Rapid Recovery Solution and writes free lance articles on financial news and other subjects. This and other unique content ‘debt recovery solutions’ articles are available with free reprint rights.
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