What Business Process As Practice does

BPAP is a privately held French Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS) founded in 2015 as a spin-off from IMAGNA SAS (itself founded in 2000 by Johann Caillaud). It specializes in Cegid XRP Ultimate (formerly Qualiac) ERP services and holds the highest Platinum certification level from Cegid, with over 100 valid certifications across the team (more than 3 per consultant). Headquartered at 38 rue des Mathurins, Paris 8ème, the firm operates regional offices in Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Madrid (BPAP ERP IBÉRICA SA, dating to 2015), and Nouméa (BPAP NC, created 2022), employing roughly 30 people across France, Spain, and New Caledonia.

The company delivers end-to-end ERP services: audit, functional and technical consulting (AMOA/AMOE), full-cycle integration (MOE) on a fixed-price forfait basis, Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA) typically structured as multi-year credit-hours contracts, hosting/infogérance through its La Citadelle datacenter in Clermont-Ferrand plus Be Ys, Hostelyon, o2switch, ABEILLE, and Azure/Oracle Cloud partners, and Qualiopi-certified training through BPAP Académie. Its proprietary MyBPAP Business Process Management platform — grounded in founder Johann Caillaud's 2013 Paris-Dauphine doctoral thesis on the "Business Process As Practice" concept — documents business processes as actually practiced by end users rather than theoretical workflows, and is sold alongside seven extensions (Ticket, Configuration, Recette, Mapping, Projet, Activité, Académie) and Cegid-specific add-ons including Spanish SII tax e-invoicing, business-oriented authorization management, Excel dashboard automation, and a depreciation simulation base.

BPAP serves large enterprises and public institutions primarily in banking and insurance (Banque de France, IEDOM, IEOM, CAMCA, Relyens), healthcare and medico-social (Croix-Rouge Française, AFM-Téléthon, Resah, Fondation OVE, ADAPEI network, UGECAM), transportation (Keolis, Bert&You, Mousset), distribution and energy (HIGHCO, PICOTY, LFB, Fauché, Agrial), and research/education (CIRAD, INA, Réseau CANOPE). Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales via public tenders and RFPs, supplemented by subcontracting relationships with ATOS, Capgemini, Colombus Consulting, Expertinence, and Hommes & Performance. The company is 91% owned by IMAGNA SAS (founders) and 9% by employees, reported 2025 revenue of €4.46 million, and in 2025 expanded into Odoo ERP integration through the OpenCime subsidiary (acquired as a fonds de commerce).

Name

Business Process As Practice

Legal name

SAS BPAP

Website

https://bpap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BPAP is a French Platinum Cegid partner that delivers Cegid XRP Ultimate ERP integration, TMA, hosting, and Qualiopi-certified training to large enterprises and public institutions across banking, healthcare, transportation, distribution, and research in France, Spain, and New Caledonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ERP Consulting and Integration Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

ERP Extensions & Add-ons (CPQ, Billing, Revenue Management) (HDAEAEAO), Professional Services Automation (PSA) & Services ERP (HDAEAEAF)

Keywords

• ERP consulting services
• ERP integration
• Application maintenance
• Managed ERP hosting
• Business process management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. ERP Integration / MOE: Full-cycle ERP implementation services for Cegid XRP Ultimate covering all modules (Finance, Purchases, Sales, Stocks, Fixed Assets, Loans/Leases, Production, Projects, etc.). Projects are delivered on a fixed-price (forfait) basis with commitment to timeline and results.
2. Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA): Application maintenance services extending beyond publisher warranty to cover customizations and developments made during integration projects. Predominantly offered as 'crédit d'heures' (credit hours) contracts allowing clients flexibility while securing complex support. Covers all ERP modules including specialized banking contexts.
3. Hosting / Infogérance: Application hosting and management services for Cegid XRP Ultimate. Infrastructure partnerships with Be Ys (Clermont-Ferrand), Hostelyon, o2switch, and ABEILLE for non-application management. Supports Azure and Oracle Cloud deployments. Activity initiated 2017 via outsourcing from Qualiac Group for SHAM/Relyens.
4. Training (Formation): Custom on-demand training services on Cegid XRP Ultimate modules (General, Auxiliary, Analytical and Budgetary Accounting, Fixed Assets, Investments, Tax, Purchases, Expense Reports, Production, Stocks and Sales). All training certified Qualiopi. Offered exclusively custom/sur mesure.
5. Consulting / AMOA / AMOE: Functional and technical consulting for ERP projects including Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage and Assistance à Maîtrise d'Œuvre. Covers accounting, fixed assets, tax, purchases, expense reports, production, maintenance, stocks, sales, and banking back-office specialization.
6. Auditing: Two types: practice audits analyzing database and user departments, and application performance audits analyzing infrastructure, technical configuration, and screen customizations. Deliverables include optimization recommendations and implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BPAP delivers end-to-end ERP services around the Cegid XRP Ultimate platform: integration (MOE), third-party application maintenance (TMA) on credit-hour contracts, hosting/infogérance, functional and technical consulting (AMOA/AMOE), auditing, and Qualiopi-certified training through BPAP Académie. The company complements these services with MyBPAP, a proprietary Business Process Management tool that documents end-user practices rather than theoretical workflows, plus a catalogue of Cegid XRP Ultimate add-ons (SII Spanish tax e-invoicing, authorization management, Excel automation, amortization simulation).

Product overview

BPAP offers a portfolio centered on its proprietary MyBPAP platform (a Business Process Management tool documenting practices actually performed by operational users) and multiple extensions (Ticket, Configuration, Recette, Mapping, Projet, Activite, Academie). The company provides ERP consulting and integration services primarily for Cegid XRP Ultimate (formerly Qualiac) as a Platinum partner, including TMA (Tierce Maintenance Applicative), hosting/infogérance, audit, and training services through BPAP Académie. Add-on modules extend Cegid XRP Ultimate with specialized functions including Spanish tax reporting (Module SII), Excel dashboard automation, and amortization simulation tools. In 2024-2025, BPAP expanded into the SME market via Odoo integration (OpenCime subsidiary) and partnered with Esker for document automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyBPAP: Business Process Management tool implementing the Business Process As Practice concept, dedicated to documenting and managing business practices around ERP systems
• BPAP Académie
• MyBPAP Extensions

Products and services

• MyBPAP Proprietary Business Process Management tool that documents processes as actually practiced by end users rather than management-designated workflows, connecting to ERP systems and enabling automated documentation, rights management, and training material generation. Targeted at large organizations running Cegid XRP Ultimate that need to bridge the gap between theoretical procedures and operational reality.
• BPAP Académie (Certified Training)

Quantifiable outcome

• 610+ trainees trained with 84% global satisfaction rate and 87% questionnaire response rate
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers45 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship/core, core and minor.

• Cegid SASflagship/coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025BPAP is a Platinum-level partner of Cegid for XRP Ultimate ERP, the highest certification tier. BPAP has over 100 valid certifications on Cegid XRP Ultimate. Cegid has directly chosen BPAP as integrator for its own internal projects (One Finance in 2019, One PS in 2020) and as TMA provider for its internal ERP (2022). BPAP also develops add-ons specifically for Cegid XRP Ultimate (SII module for Spain, authorization management, Excel automation). Formerly known as Qualiac (acquired by Cegid in 2017).
• Be Ys (datacenter)coreOthers · 1 January 2020Infrastructure partner for production datacenter at Clermont-Ferrand (Be Ys). Part of BPAP's hosting infrastructure for Cegid XRP Ultimate, alongside Hostelyon and o2switch for PRA (Business Continuity Plan). ABEILLE handles non-application management (infogérance non applicative).
• ABEILLEcoreOthers · 1 January 2017Historic infrastructure partner (Auvergne region company) for non-application management (infogérance non applicative). Partnered since 2017 when BPAP launched hosting services.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure platform used for hosting Cegid XRP Ultimate. Unilabs Group Services migrated to Azure with BPAP managing the environment. BPAP supports Azure-based deployments as part of its hosting/infogérance offering.
• ATOSminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBPAP operates as TMA subcontractor to ATOS for CNAM-Réseau UGECAM Cegid XRP Ultimate maintenance contract (public procurement). ATOS holds the main contract; BPAP provides the specialized ERP expertise.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cegid: The ERP vendor whose XRP Ultimate product is the foundation of BPAP's entire business. Cegid is both BPAP's supplier and an indirect competitor when it sells services directly; BPAP is Cegid's most certified Platinum partner.
• Capgemini: Global consulting and ERP services giant competing for large multi-country ERP transformations. BPAP and Capgemini both appear in subcontractor/prime relationships on French public-sector ERP contracts.
• ATOS: French-headquartered global IT services firm that holds prime contracts (e.g., CNAM-Réseau UGECAM) where BPAP operates as specialized Cegid XRP Ultimate subcontractor for the TMA scope.
• Sopra Steria: Large French SI that competes for enterprise ERP mandates (Cegid, SAP, Oracle). Keolis is a noted joint client context where BPAP inherited TMA after Sopra's long-standing collaboration, illustrating the typical prime-to-specialist dynamic.

Direct peers

• Colombus Consulting: French ERP and finance transformation consultancy frequently co-engaged with BPAP on Cegid-related mandates. Closely comparable in size, French footprint, and Cegid ecosystem positioning.
• Smile: Leading European open-source integrator and one of the largest Odoo partners in France. Directly comparable to BPAP's OpenCime subsidiary: same target market of Odoo ERP implementations for SMEs and mid-market.

Regional players

• Hardis Group: French digital services and software publisher (including supply chain and ERP-adjacent solutions) with a comparable enterprise-services DNA in France, serving large accounts across logistics, retail, and industry verticals.
• Micropole: French consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, ERP, and BI/Analytics with comparable enterprise clientele. Both firms compete for ERP and data integration mandates among French mid-large accounts.

Others

• Sage: Competing ERP vendor (Sage X3 specifically) in the French mid-market. BPAP wins migration projects from Sage X3 to Cegid XRP Ultimate (e.g., CIRAD AGORA project), making Sage a competitive context rather than a direct services peer.
• Wolters Kluwer: Competing vendor in the French accounting/ERP space (Cegid's main rival for mid-market financial suites). Indirectly comparable via overlapping end-customer RFPs against Cegid XRP Ultimate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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