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Creation of the postal corporation extended the authority of postal managers to engineer jobs and scientifically manage employee performance. Mail processing technology has progressed from predominantly unit output by manual laboring clerks to large batch and mass production with 900 multiple position letter sorting machines (MPLSMs), and automated continuous processing with computers and optical character reader (OCR) technology. The current mail processing system also incorporates high-speed culling, facing, and sorting of the mail. Postal managers and bargaining unit employees all envision the day when the work involved in mail processing will consist primarily of the feeding, sweeping, and maintenance of machines.
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Baxter, V.K. (1994). The Mechanization of Mail Processing. In: Labor and Politics in the U.S. Postal Service. Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1468-2_7
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