How I corrected a weight discrepancy before closing the air manifest

I work in air cargo ramp operations with strict cutoffs and freight from various agents. Recently, I had to resolve a specific case: the manifest showed a different weight than the scale ticket for a pallet. The symptom that made me investigate it seriously was that the ULD was already built and the flight was approaching the cutoff. I preferred not to improvise, because a quick fix can hide the…