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Minerva - Decision Brief
Why Minerva?
This section is not a marketing brochure. It is a decision brief. Its purpose is not to convince you; it is to set out clearly what your
company actually needs, the criteria worth judging a system by, and where Minerva stands against those criteria.
We suggest reading it in order: first identify which layer your need sits in, then decide what you will measure, and evaluate us last.
| 01 |
| What do companies need from software? |
| Foundational, advanced and leading-edge needs across three layers. Plus an 18-question self-assessment. |
Needs Analysis |
| 02 |
| What capabilities should business software have? |
| Functional, technical, next-generation, user experience and commercial criteria — each with the indicators that measure the benefit it should deliver. |
Capabilities |
| 03 |
| Why Minerva? |
| Forty years of accumulated know-how, a core written from scratch in 2015, 60+ modules — and an honest account of our limits. |
Minerva |
THE SHORT ANSWER
Minerva is a cloud-based business management system, written from the ground up in 2015 by a company that has done nothing but enterprise software since 1987.
It brings together the functional depth of classic ERPs, the architecture of next-generation products and the regulatory command of local packages on a single platform.
THE LONG ANSWER
In enterprise software, the decision is not settled by a feature list. It is settled by five-year total cost of ownership, time to go live, how fast the system keeps up with regulation, the quality of support behind it, and its ability to adapt as your business changes.
This brief takes each of those five points in turn — and gives you concrete questions for measuring where you stand today.
1987
Founded — nearly 40 years of building enterprise software.
1,000+
Customers served.
2015
The year we began developing our next-generation systems.
60+
60+ integrated modules to run your entire business.
13,000+
One of the most comprehensive systems in the ERP world.
Where should you start?
If you are short on time, go straight to the third section. But you will get far more out of this by first identifying which layer your own needs sit in.