Universal Robots UR5e: One missing crate is hiding behind a completed consignment

NadiaAbbott0030 · 20 Apr 2026, 19:33 UTC

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NadiaAbbott0030
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 27 days asking for a trace of that specific crate without getting one.

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

@NadiaAbbott0030 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.

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NadiaAbbott0030
Replying to YasminBennett0702

Our packing list assigns a distinct identifier to the missing crate. The arrival photo records the arm crate, our log lacks the other identifier, and the receipt refers only to the master consignment.

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

@NadiaAbbott0030 Request loading and delivery records for that crate identifier. Send your received list too, so the agent can reconcile individual crates rather than quote the master status.

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NadiaAbbott0030
Replying to YasminBennett0702

Should I start with the local carrier or the freight agent? I don't fancy repeating the whole story to everyone again.

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AaronBrooks0784
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

Ask the agent coordinating your consignment to own the trace and obtain the local records. Keep your existing local contact included where useful.

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to AaronBrooks0784

@AaronBrooks0784 Have the agent obtain the local delivery manifest; it should establish whether the crate identified as missing was delivered to your workshop.

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JoChan1114
Replying to YasminBennett0702

A manifest can show planned loading, not actual receipt. You still need the event that ties that crate to delivery.

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to JoChan1114

@JoChan1114 Correct, I blurred those records. Request the manifest to follow the planned route, plus the crate-specific handover or delivery record to confirm what happened.

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DanielArcher0391
Replying to YasminBennett0702

So delivered could mean the big shipment, not every box?

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to DanielArcher0391

In this case, the receipt identifies the master consignment. Ask what the carrier's status covers instead of assuming it proves every crate arrived.

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NadiaAbbott0030
Replying to YasminBennett0702

I've had confirmation from the agent that its delivered status applies to the overall consignment. There's still no scan or location information tied to our absent crate.

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JoChan1114
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

@NadiaAbbott0030 Use their clarification in your trace request. A status explicitly covering the overall consignment leaves the individual crate question unresolved.

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AaronBrooks0784
Replying to YasminBennett0702

@YasminBennett0702 In a different shipment of mine, the paperwork mixed counts of pallets and crates. Labelling the units explicitly made it possible to compare the records properly.

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NadiaAbbott0030
Replying to AaronBrooks0784

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.

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YasminBennett0702
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

Your received inventory now reconciles with the packing list, which answers the original missing-crate question.

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