Optimizing Highway Transportation at the United States Postal Service

Anthony Pajunas (), Edward J. Matto (), Michael Trick () and Luis F. Zuluaga ()
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Anthony Pajunas: United States Postal Service, Washington, DC 20260
Edward J. Matto: IBM Global Business Services, Fairfax, Virginia 22033
Michael Trick: Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Luis F. Zuluaga: Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3

Interfaces, 2007, vol. 37, issue 6, 515-525

Abstract: The United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers more than 200 billion items per year. Transporting these items in a timely and cost-efficient manner is critical if USPS is to meet its service and financial goals. The Highway Corridor Analytic Program (HCAP) is a tool that aids USPS transportation analysts in identifying cost-savings opportunities in the surface-transportation network. By using HCAP, USPS has saved millions of dollars annually.

Keywords: parcel industry; transportation network; large-scale integer programming; decision-support systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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