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Handbook PO-408 Revision: Area Mail Processing Guidelines

Area mail processing (AMP) is the consolidation of all originating and/or destinating distribution operations from one or more Post Offices™/facilities into other auto­mated processing facilities for the purpose of improving operational efficiency and/or service.

Initially published in March 1995, all chapters and work­sheets in Handbook PO-408, Area Mail Processing Guide­lines, were updated, and new ones were added. Effective April 10, 2008, an AMP feasibility study, a proposal, and post-implementation reviews must follow the new guide­lines in Handbook PO-408.

An online version of Handbook PO-408 is accessible on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet Web site:

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

— Processing Operations,
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