AREA MAIL PROCESSING (AMP) FEASIBILITY STUDY
Springfield, MA P&DC 

December 2, 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 Springfield, MA Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) for ZIP Codes 010, 011 and 012 to the Hartford, CT P&DC and ZIP Code 013 to the Central Massachusetts P&DC.  The proposal, which has a projected annual savings of $14.24 million with one-time costs not to exceed $2,037,944, has been approved.

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.