You can plan work package schedules based on the estimated hours or weight to be completed by a department per week. The number of hours per department for a work package can either be input manually or calculated from the production codes in Estimating.

1. Users with administrator rights: Manage the users' access to actions related to departments and shifts in the Departments and Department Shifts sections on the Production Control tab in File > Administration > Edit Permissions.

   See Manage Tekla PowerFab user permissions.

2. Users with administrator rights: Manage the users' access to actions related to work package schedules in the Planning section on the Work Packages tab, in File > Administration > Remote Permissions.

   See Manage Tekla PowerFab remote user permissions.

3. Define planning settings.

   See the following:

   • Define company standard settings for Production Control
   • Production planning rules
4. Define workshops and divide them into work areas.

   See Manage workshops.

5. Create departments and shifts.

   See Manage departments and shifts.

6. Assign departments to stations.

   See Manage stations.

7. Apply routes to the work package.

   See Manage routes.

8. Define department capacities (hours or weight) by workshop.

   See Manage production hours.

9. Allocate completed weight/hours to the correct work area.

   See the following:

   • Create and modify a work package
   • Manage global production codes
   • Manage production codes for a production control job
   • Track production by piece mark
10. Manage production schedules in the Production Planner in Tekla PowerFab Go.

    See Production planning in Tekla PowerFab Go.