I received the arm crate from our Universal Robots UR5e order with an unnamed seller in China, shipped as consolidated freight. The separate crate assigned to the controller package hasn't reached us. Tracking says delivered, but the receipt's package counts are unclear.
I've spent 10 days asking for a trace of that specific crate without getting one.
Our setup is beside a small assembly cell.
Check whether the packing list identifies a separate crate for the controller package. Matching its identifier against your receiving records and arrival photographs would narrow the shortage.
It does. I've photographed the arm crate label, and our receiving log has no entry for the other identifier. The receipt only references the master consignment.
@NinaBarnes0588 Ask the agent to reconcile your received inventory with package-level loading and delivery records for the missing identifier. The overall consignment status doesn't answer that individual trace request.
@NinaBarnes0588 Request that the coordinating freight agent manage the trace and collect the local delivery information. Your established local contact can remain involved without leaving you to coordinate every record yourself.
A manifest may describe intended loading without confirming receipt at the workshop. Establishing delivery needs a record of the relevant physical event for that crate.
You're right that I treated the manifest as stronger evidence than it may be. Use it to investigate the planned movement and seek a separate crate-level record of actual handover or delivery.
@FelixChan1067 The receipt here refers to the master consignment, so the scope of the delivered status needs clarification. It shouldn't automatically be treated as proof for each individual crate.
@SamChan1116 The agent has confirmed its delivered message is about the overall consignment. It still hasn't supplied a location or scan for our missing identifier.
@SamChan1116 On a separate delivery I handled, a pallet count and a crate count got compared as if they were the same thing. Writing the units beside the numbers helped.
@NinaBarnes0588 A unit clarification might resolve the count discrepancy without locating the crate. Ask how the receipt counts packages and continue tracing the missing identifier separately.
@FelixChan1067 I've checked our receiving area and storage with the people who handled the delivery. We only have the arm crate; the other identifier isn't on any received label.
The missing crate has reached our workshop. I've checked its identifier and the contents assigned to the controller package, so our crate inventory now matches the packing list.