AREA MAIL PROCESSING (AMP) FEASIBILITY STUDY
Fort Smith, AR CSMPC to Northwest Arkansas P&DF

April 28, 2011

The Postal Service conducted an Area Mail Processing (AMP) study and determined that efficiency and productivity would be improved by transferring the mail processing operations from the Fort Smith, AR Customer Service Mail Processing Center (CSMPC) to the Northwest Arkansas (AR) Processing and Distribution Center (P&DF).  The proposal, which has a projected annual savings of $1,936,101, has been approved.  Implementation of this AMP is expected to be completed by October 2011.  There are no changes to the retail or business acceptance unit at the Fort Smith facility.

The Postal Service must continually evaluate the opportunity to improve productivity and increase efficiency while maintaining excellent service.  The transfer of mail processing operations provides significant savings and allows us to accomplish our goal of making better use of our resources.