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# How to Handle Work That Arrives in Batches
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/handle-work-that-arrives-in-batches/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:41:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:41:16.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **handle work that arrives in batches**, the process has to absorb a spike without the team working through it at the same rate as a normal week.

## What batch arrival does to a process

Average capacity is irrelevant when arrival is concentrated.

- A month's volume arriving in three days
- Response times collapsing during the peak
- Quality dropping as the team rushes
- The rest of the month underused

## What helps

| Approach                     | Effect                                     |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **Earlier intake**           | Spreading arrival rather than absorbing it |
| **Automated extraction**     | Removing the transcription share entirely  |
| **Automated classification** | Removing triage from the peak              |
| **Ordered queue**            | So the oldest still surface                |
| **Measured peaks**           | So capacity planning uses data             |

## How to set it up in Jestor

1. Encourage earlier submission in **Jestor** through reminders before the deadline.
2. Enable **OCR** so documents arriving in bulk are read rather than typed.
3. Let an **AI** agent classify on arrival so triage does not consume the peak.
4. Order the queue by arrival date so the oldest surface.
5. Use **SLA** data across peaks to plan capacity on evidence.

## Why choose Jestor for uneven workloads?

Because document reading is metered by pages processed in **Jestor**, a batch of documents has a predictable cost — which makes automating the peak a calculable decision.

The **SLA** data accumulated across several peaks is what turns capacity planning from an argument into a comparison.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can arrival be spread out?

Partly — reminders before the deadline help. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### How is document volume priced?

By pages processed.

### How do I plan capacity?

From SLA data across previous peaks.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

## Get to know Jestor

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