There is little information in the veterinary literature specifically about biosecurity concerns for breeding dogs. This is a review of what is published about shedding and continuing viability of organisms in semen, venereal transmission of disease by direct contact of dogs at the time of breeding, and biosecurity for shipment of canine semen.

The automotive industry has made much efforts to deliver finished vehicles to customers with speed and reliability. Decreasing the time a vehicle stays within an assembly plant from production release to shipment contributes to reduce the total order lead-time and consequently, the total transportation cost as well. Conventional shipment planning algorithms are limited in accommodating the dyna...

In many practical situations the coordination of transportation management and inventory management may lead to considerable cost reductions. Transportation management includes the application of different types of shipment consolidation policies. Shipment consolidation takes into account the logistics strategy of combining two or more shipment orders to optimize transportation. When the shipme...

In this paper we present two models for joint stock replenishment and shipment consolidation decisions which arise in the context of vendor managed inventory. Stock replenishment from suppliers or shipment to customers each incurs a lump-sum cost to the vendor. We assume the vendor uses the reorder point, lot-size policy to replenish stock and one of two schemes to dispatch shipment: the time-b...

Deciding shipment size is important in freight transport: it depends on the logistical imperatives of shippers and the technical possibilities of carriers. Shipment size choice is also closely related to transportation mode; it is therefore important from a public policy perspective. The theory of optimal shipment size and mode choice is robust. There are many inventory-theoretical models of op...