In plain English
This is a deadline linked to a specific planned carrier service. By that time, the shipment has to be ready for the carrier to collect it so it can go on that scheduled movement.
In context
Here, "carrier cut-off" names the latest time a shipment can be handed to that carrier for the scheduled service being referred to.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- names the latest time a shipment can be handed to that carrier.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not say when the shipment will arrive, only the last collection-ready time for a particular scheduled service.
Examples
“For the Friday sailing, the carrier cut-off is 3 p.m., although the truck does not leave until evening.”
“We missed the carrier cut-off for the noon service by twenty minutes.”