What planners ask before they trust a schedule they did not build.

No. It sits alongside it. Master data comes in from your existing systems or a spreadsheet, and Outlay adds what an ERP does not do live: finite-capacity scheduling with labour, line capture and costing against standard as the shift runs.

Outlay produces feasible plans that keep every hard constraint you give it. It does not claim a mathematically optimal schedule, and the planner stays in charge of the trade-offs.

Yes. Each record shows where it came from and which fields are absent, and a schedule that depends on an unconfirmed time, rate or feed shows it as a blocker rather than inventing a number.

Both, and labelled. Where the floor has captured readings, cost and margin come from them. Where a run has no readings yet, Outlay shows a modelled projection and says so on the card.

Outlay drafts a recovery plan. Work that has started, completed or been locked stays protected, and a planner reviews and approves the changes before release.

Libra configures Outlay for each manufacturer from your own lines, products, routings, crews and cost standards. It is the same product for every plant, with your data loaded.