The Postal Service continues to invest in equipment and processes to efficiently handle the growth in e-commerce. To improve our handling of packages, the Postal Service recently installed 25 new Small Parcel Sortation Systems and expanded the capacity of existing Automated Packaged Processing Systems and the Automated Parcel and Bundle Sorter. We also installed a new sorter system, the High Throughput Parcel Sorter in our Denver plant. This machine has the highest capacity of any machine in the fleet and we plan to deploy similar machines in key locations in the coming years. Due to the increased size and variation of e-commerce mail, we are also deploying new Universal Sorting Systems to handle larger packages. We also have invested in new software and systems that share information across multiple systems allowing all packages to be sorted using the best information available, which reduces the need for manual handling and data entry. The Postal Service continues to invest in the research and development of new sortation machines and technologies to continue to expand the processing capacity and efficiency of the package network.
