The Bay-Valley, Dakotas, Houston, Oklahoma, and Portland postal districts have opportunities for enhanced street delivery efficiency, the USPS inspector general has said.
Street delivery operations comprise every duty a letter carrier performs, whether that be loading the delivery vehicle, collecting mail along the route, or returning to the delivery unit.
The IG calculated that these districts could use about seven fewer minutes of street time per day on each carrier route, which would allow for a reduction of 340,499 work hours and savings of about $14 million a year.
It concluded that Postal management did not always reinforce policies and procedures for supervising city delivery street operations, and said that street supervision was inconsistent at the delivery units, allowing for some inefficiency in operations and outdated, integrated operating plans.
Reducing 340,499 work hours and improving supervision would increase overall efficiency in these districts, according to the IG.
