WIP by Work Center report - ME 15.0 & 15.1

Hi experts,

Can someone please explain what this report is designed to do ?

Im expecting this to work a particular way but the data I receive is not what Im expecting 😕

I have set up a test scenario as follows.

I have 4 work centers configured, called:

Line1 (Work Center Category = Line)

Cell1 (Work Center Category = Cell)

Cell2 (Work Center Category = Cell)

Cell3 (Work Center Category = Cell)

Line1 is a release to work center and has Cell1,Cell2 & Cell3 allocated to it in a hierarchy.

I created 3 operations :

OP1 (Work Center = Cell1)

OP2 (Work Center = Cell2)

OP3 (Work Center = Cell3)

I created a 3 step router using these operations and made sure the work center was populated in the router.

I then release an order to the Line1 work center and stepped the SFC's through each operation.

The WIP by Work Center only ever shows the WIP as being in the Line1 work center but Im expecting it to show the qty in each of the Cell level work centers.

If I use a Work Center POD and select any of the Cell level work centers it correctly displays the WIP for the user to select but the report only shows the higher level details.

Is this by design or is there a configuration I've not set up ???

I've looked at the SFC_STEP table where this report pull all its data from and the LAST_WORK_CENTRE_BO is always Line1 but the REPORTING_CENTER_BO has the Cell level work center.

Its very common for a product to move from one work center to another during the production process so I would have expected this report to show you the lowest level detail.

Thanks

Kevin