Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued its analysis of the Postal Service’s Mail Processing Network Rationalization (MPNR) initiative, a plan to capture net savings of $2.1 billion (later revised to $1.6 billion) by closing and consolidating 229 of its 461 processing plants to better match declining mail volume. The Commission’s range of potential net savings estimates is lower than that projected by the Postal Service. The Commission’s Advisory Opinion concludes that the Postal Service could significantly reduce its network and realize substantial cost savings while preserving most current service levels.
http://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/default.aspx

Link to the PDF
http://tinyurl.com/9zve72k

I will be reviewing the information in depth this weekend, and will provide my commentary and thoughts in the next few days.

Dead Tree Edition: Redrawing the Map: A Look at USPS’ Network Rationalization Plan.

Good look at what is to come…