Which term is used to denote the latest permissible arrival under a delivery plan?

Which term is used to denote the latest permissible arrival under a delivery plan?

• A. Latest acceptable arrival
• B. Earliest arrival date
• C. Latest arrival date
• D. Required delivery date

Answer: (C)

The key idea is identifying the deadline that keeps a delivery plan on track. The latest permissible arrival is the latest arrival date—the cutoff date by which shipments must reach the site for the plan to stay on schedule. Arrivals before this date are fine, but anything after it can cause downstream delays, so the plan uses this specific date as the constraint. Earliest arrival date describes when you could first receive goods, not the latest allowed. The term "latest acceptable arrival" isn’t the standard label used in most plans. The required delivery date is the date you need goods by, which is related but not the same as the latest permissible arrival in the plan’s timing constraints.

The key idea is identifying the deadline that keeps a delivery plan on track. The latest permissible arrival is the latest arrival date—the cutoff date by which shipments must reach the site for the plan to stay on schedule. Arrivals before this date are fine, but anything after it can cause downstream delays, so the plan uses this specific date as the constraint.

Earliest arrival date describes when you could first receive goods, not the latest allowed. The term "latest acceptable arrival" isn’t the standard label used in most plans. The required delivery date is the date you need goods by, which is related but not the same as the latest permissible arrival in the plan’s timing constraints.