Except for locks, manufacturing is not a core competency of the Postal Service, so remanufacture may be a rare solution for the disposal of surplus and idle assets. Remanufacture would be appropriate when a “make” decision has been made by the purchase/SCM team, a product will be created internally, and these surplus or idle assets can be leveraged to reduce the costs associated with the new product or service. The decision to remanufacture will lead to the utilization of surplus to strategically make in-house another product at the Postal Service, as outlined in Section 1-16, Conduct Make vs. Buy Decision Analysis.
