Tekla PowerFab Automatic Bid Backlog Reports
Every Monday, WebRun opens Tekla PowerFab, pulls every booked and awarded job with its fabrication hours and start date, checks HubSpot for bids still open or pending award, and posts a Microsoft Teams digest to leadership showing booked backlog against shop capacity for the next 90 days.
How do I compare bid backlog against shop capacity for the next 90 days?
WebRun totals booked and awarded fabrication hours from Tekla PowerFab against your shop's rated weekly capacity for the next 90 days, checks HubSpot for bids still pending award, and posts a Monday digest to leadership in Teams. Ownership sees exactly which weeks are overbooked and which bids could fill an open week, without pulling two reports by hand.
- Overbooked weeks are flagged 90 days out instead of the month it happens
- Leadership sees backlog and open bids in one digest instead of two systems
- Awarded bids move into the capacity view automatically once booked
Built for structural steel fabrication owners · estimating managers · shop leadership · operations managers
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.tekla.com/products/tekla-powerfabin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Tekla PowerFab - pull booked and awarded jobs and their fabrication hours
tekla.com
WebRun opens Tekla PowerFab to pull booked and awarded jobs and their fabrication hours. - Open Tekla PowerFab and pull every booked and awarded job with its estimated fabrication hours and planned start date
- Total the booked hours by week for the next 90 days
- Compare booked hours against your shop's rated weekly capacity
Done when Booked hours for the next 90 days are totaled by week and compared against shop capacity.
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HubSpot - check open bids still pending award
hubspot.com
WebRun opens HubSpot to check open bids still pending award. - Check every open bid still in a submitted or pending award stage
- Capture the estimated value and expected award date for each
Done when Every open bid is listed with its expected award date and value.
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Microsoft Teams - post the backlog vs capacity digest to leadership
microsoft.com
WebRun opens Microsoft Teams to post the backlog vs capacity digest to leadership. - Post a digest to leadership showing booked backlog by week against shop capacity for the next 90 days
- List open bids pending award below the backlog chart with their expected decision date
- Flag any week where booked hours already exceed capacity
Done when Leadership has this week's backlog versus capacity digest in Teams, with open bids listed.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Does it submit or update bids on its own?
No. WebRun only reads bid stages already recorded in HubSpot. It never changes a bid amount or moves a deal stage, your estimating team controls that.
How does it calculate shop capacity?
You set your shop's rated weekly fabrication hours once. WebRun compares that number against booked hours from Tekla PowerFab each week so the gap or overload is visible immediately.
What happens when a pending bid gets awarded?
Once you book it in Tekla PowerFab, it moves from the open bid list into the booked backlog automatically on the next Monday run.
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