Management Science in Automating Postal Operations: Facility and Equipment Planning in the United States Postal Service

Michael E. Cebry, Anura H. DeSilva and Fred J. DiLisio
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Michael E. Cebry: Kenan Systems Corporation, One Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1517
Anura H. DeSilva: Arthur D. Little, Inc., Technology Resource Center, 955 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2119
Fred J. DiLisio: United States Postal Service, Technology Resource Department, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260-8110

Interfaces, 1992, vol. 22, issue 1, 110-130

Abstract: In 1988, the postal service released its corporate automation plan (CAP), an ambitious program that includes a cumulative capital investment of $12 billion and labor savings of $4 billion per year by 1995. The backbone of the analysis leading to the CAP was performed with a comprehensive simulation model called META (model for evaluating technology alternatives). META blends a variety of management science and software tools to create a decision support system. It has spawned a family of systems for use at both headquarters and field levels of the USPS, accelerating and enhancing the use of management science throughout the organization.

Keywords: government: services; postal; simulation: applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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