Network distribution center

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A network distribution center (NDC) was a highly mechanized mail processing plant of the United States Postal Service that distributed standard mail and package services in piece and bulk form.[http://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/q800.htm Quick Service Guide 800: Glossary of Postal Terms and Abbreviations in the DMM] The NDC network was dismantled in 2022-2023 by the USPS as part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Delivering for America network rationalization plan, which saw mail classes formerly handled by the NDC network merged into mailstreams in processing and distribution centers. Each former NDC, all of which were located in buildings owned by USPS, are implementing or in the process of creating individual plans for repurposing the buildings. Many are being restacked into RPDCs, which will form the backbone of the new USPS network, whereas others are being used to insource previously outsourced transportation functions such as surface transfer centers (STCs), or terminal handing services (THS), which handled airmail, in addition to continuing to support processing and distribution centers with the handing of priority and ground advantage parcels .{{Cite web |last=Hutkins |first=Steve |date=2023-02-16 |title=The Postal Service unwinds the NDC network and merges the mail streams |url=https://www.savethepostoffice.com/postal-service-unwinds-ndc-network-merges-mail-streams/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Save the Post Office |language=en-US}}