AREA MAIL PROCESSING (AMP) FEASIBILITY STUDY
Portsmouth, NH P&DF to Manchester, NH P&DC and Southern Maine, ME P&DC

August 16, 2011

A functional review of the Portsmouth, NH Area Mail Processing (AMP) proposal is complete.  The proposal recommends transferring mail processing operations for ZIP Code 038 from the Portsmouth, NH Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) to the Manchester, NH Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and ZIP Code 039 to the Southern Maine, ME P&DC. The proposal, which has a projected annual savings of $6,647,068 with one-time costs not to exceed $47,880, has been approved.  Implementation of this AMP is expected to be completed by January 2012.

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.