Optimizing Highway Transportation at the United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers more than 200 billion items per year. Transporting these items in a timely and cost-efficient way is a key issue if USPS is to meet its service and financial goals. The Highway Corridor Analytic Program (HCAP) is a tool that aids transportation analysts in identifying cost saving opportunities in the USPS surface transportation network. Use of this tool is resulting in millions of dollars of annual savings.

Citation

Interfaces, Vol. 37 (2007), pp. 515-525.