Objective Our objective was to evaluate the performance and functionality of the Postal Service’s High Throughput Package Sorter (HTPS) at the Queens, NY, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and determine whether planned transportation savings were realized. In February 2017, the Postal Service approved about $32.5 million for the purchase of its second HTPS machine to…
By Bill McAllister – March 7, 2018 Sometime later this year, Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan is likely to head to Oregon for an unusual dedication. What she will be formally opening will be one of the largest mail-processing plants the United States Postal Service has created in an era of declining letter volume. The…
Attached is an Operations Update given by Chief Operating Officer David Williams on 2-27-2018. He covered Service Performance (which is down from SPLY); expanding Automated Delivery Unit Package Sorters to more offices; the installation of an enormous new Enhanced Package Processing System in the Portland OR P&DC that will process 25,000 packages per hour; and…
OWEGO, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin has been selected by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide next generation package processing systems. The Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a maximum potential value of $215 million, will provide up to 10 Enhanced Package Processing Systems (EPPS) which are capable of automatically…
