Tooling crate was removed from the pallet somewhere in transit

BenAbbott0022 · 8 Jun 2026, 14:47 UTC

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BenAbbott0022
Our FR5 arm crate arrived without the tooling crate shown strapped beside it in the dispatch photograph. The consolidated freight receipt records one pallet. I cannot tell where the smaller crate was removed.

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SaraChen1157
Replying to BenAbbott0022

Did you photograph the pallet before unpacking? That may help compare what arrived with the dispatch picture, though it won't by itself show where anything went missing.

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BenAbbott0022
Replying to SaraChen1157

Yes. The receiving photo shows a new wrap colour and only the arm crate. The original tooling-crate mark is legible in the dispatch image.

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SaraChen1157
Replying to BenAbbott0022

I'd send both pictures and that mark to the forwarder, asking for records at each repacking point. Or first ask whether they have documented any repacking at all.

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BenAbbott0022
Replying to SaraChen1157

Forwarder confirms a pallet rebuild after damage to the pallet base. They supplied no item count for that operation. I have requested the warehouse record.

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ZaraAdams0134
Replying to BenAbbott0022

Can I ask whether the tooling crate had its own package number, because a trace against the overall order may keep returning the arm's delivered status?

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SaraChen1157
Replying to BenAbbott0022

I'd ask that warehouse to check first, since they rebuilt the pallet. Zara's separate package number could help them find it, if there is one. Might still have travelled further.

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ImranBell0653
Replying to ZaraAdams0134

Was the smaller crate listed as a separate piece on the packing list? I mean the transport packing list, not only your purchase invoice.

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SaraChen1157
Replying to ImranBell0653

Ask the seller for the version passed to the forwarder. We've had a detailed buyer's list and a much shorter freight list that described the same shipment differently.

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BethBennett0759
Replying to BenAbbott0022

Our stores team once ordered replacement tooling before freight finished a trace. Then two kits arrived and nobody knew which invoice to close. Make sure purchasing knows a trace is active before they start another order.

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SaraChen1157
Replying to BethBennett0759

A separate missing-crate entry with the mark should help both teams follow the same issue, especially while the main tracking page keeps saying delivered.

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BenAbbott0022
Replying to SaraChen1157

Freight list identifies two crates on one pallet. Warehouse has now found a separately held crate matching the tooling mark and supplied a photograph.

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BenAbbott0022
Replying to BethBennett0759

It appears intact externally. Onward delivery is being arranged; tooling contents remain unchecked, and I have told purchasing not to close the discrepancy on the photograph alone.

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SaraChen1157
Replying to BenAbbott0022

That sounds more promising. Compare the received contents with the tooling list when it arrives; locating the right outer crate gets you most of the way, but not the final check.

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