Opred

What Opred does

Opred (S.A.S. OPRED) is a Toulon, France-based specialist consultancy founded by Marc Poujade that designs, develops, and maintains custom optimization software for complex industrial scheduling, routing, and resource allocation problems. Its portfolio comprises seven named optimization engines built on Constraint Programming, Linear Programming, heuristics and meta-heuristics (tabu search, simulated annealing), and Discrete Event Simulation: SAGITAIRE (railway station resource management for SNCF), SIOUCS (disrupted rail traffic across 210+ French stations), OPUS (port discharge scheduling for ArcelorMittal Dunkerque and Fos-sur-Mer), STLC (Airbus Beluga cargo loading, DGAC-validated), ROUTING FINDER (CMA-CGM container routing, millions of daily queries), PIGMEE (Areva uranium enrichment scheduling, 350,000+ works in single horizon, 9x faster than specification), and OPPIDUM (Michelin synthetic rubber production scheduling). Several of these applications have been in continuous operational service for 10-30 years.

The business model is project-based professional services: bespoke consulting, feasibility studies, specification writing, custom application development, and ongoing maintenance delivered directly to enterprise clients. Go-to-market combines direct expert engagement (Marc Poujade personally leads engagements) with channel partners Sopra Steria (implementation/integration), Eurodecision (linear programming specialization), and IBM ILOG (CPLEX/CP Optimizer tooling). Customer base is concentrated in heavy industry and infrastructure verticals — railway, steel, nuclear, shipping, aerospace, tire manufacturing, energy, and defense — with marquee French and global accounts including SNCF, ArcelorMittal, Areva/Orano, CMA-CGM, Airbus, and Michelin. The company is founder-owned, holds French Crédit Impôt Recherche accreditation through 2024, and operates with 1-10 employees.

Name

Opred

Legal name

S.A.S. OPRED

Website

https://opred.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Opred is a Toulon, France-based Operations Research consultancy that designs and maintains custom optimization software for industrial scheduling, routing, and resource allocation, serving French blue-chip clients including SNCF, ArcelorMittal, CMA-CGM, Areva, Airbus, and Michelin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Operations Research and Optimization Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services (541614), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Routing, Optimization & Dispatch Engines (BPAMANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supply Chain Planning (S&OP/IBP, Demand & Inventory) (BPAHAHAD), Supply Chain Planning (SCP) & Advanced Planning Systems (APS) (HDAEAEAL), Airline Inventory, Scheduling & Network Planning (THALABAE)

Keywords

• Operations research consulting
• Optimization software development
• Constraint programming services
• Production scheduling software
• Industrial resource allocation

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Application Development: Design, development, and maintenance of custom optimization applications for enterprise clients. Covers full application lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment and ongoing support.
2. Consulting and Advisory: Expert consulting services including requirement analysis, feasibility studies, ROI estimation, specification writing, bid evaluation, and implementation oversight.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Opred designs, develops, and maintains custom Operations Research optimization applications that solve complex industrial scheduling, routing, and resource allocation problems for large enterprise clients. The portfolio comprises seven proprietary optimization engines — SAGITAIRE (railway station resource allocation), SIOUCS (disrupted rail traffic management), OPUS (port discharge scheduling), STLC (Airbus Beluga cargo loading), ROUTING FINDER (CMA-CGM container routing), PIGMEE (Areva uranium enrichment scheduling), and OPPIDUM (Michelin synthetic rubber scheduling) — delivered with full lifecycle services from requirements through maintenance.

Product overview

Opred is a specialist provider of Operations Research and optimization software, offering a portfolio of named applications that solve complex scheduling, routing, and resource allocation problems for industrial and infrastructure clients. The core offering consists of seven distinct optimization engines — SAGITAIRE (railway station resource management), SIOUCS (rail traffic disruption management), OPUS (port discharge scheduling), STLC (aircraft cargo loading), ROUTING FINDER (container routing), PIGMEE (nuclear production scheduling), and OPPIDUM (rubber production scheduling) — each built on constraint programming, linear programming, and heuristic optimization techniques, delivered as turnkey applications with associated graphical interfaces. Services span the full application lifecycle from design and development through maintenance and evolution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAGITAIRE: System for optimizing allocation of railway resources (platforms, tracks, switches) for railway stations, managing train traffic for SNCF.
• SIOUCS
• OPUS
• PIGMEE
• OPPIDUM
• ROUTING FINDER
• STLC

Products and services

• SAGITAIRE (Système d'Aide à la Gestion des ITinéraires) Daily optimization engine for allocation of railway station resources (platforms, tracks, switches) across entire station traffic areas for SNCF. Handles ~2,500 trains per day across ~100,000 possible train paths within a 50-platform, 500km rail network.
• SIOUCS (SIllons Optimisés par l'Utilisation du Contre-Sens) Rail traffic disruption management engine for SNCF that minimizes disruption from degraded circulation conditions (slowdowns, breakdowns) using alternating-direction traffic on 2–4 railway tracks over 48+24 hour horizons with minute-level precision. Deployed across 210+ stations.
• OPUS (Optimisation Portuaire USinor) Port discharge scheduling engine for ArcelorMittal steel mills at Dunkerque and Fos-sur-Mer. Covers up to 18-month planning horizons with tide forecasts, lock management, and port priority rules for ore and coal unloading.
• STLC (Super Transporter Loading Configuration) Cargo loading optimization engine for Airbus Beluga transport aircraft. Validates placement against flight safety constraints including aerodynamic center of gravity, shear and bending limits, and computes optimal loading with optional ballast addition. DGAC-validated.
• ROUTING FINDER Container routing optimization module for CMA-CGM that calculates the optimal route for each container within the maritime transport system. Delivers provably optimal solutions in under 0.1 seconds per container across millions of daily queries.
• PIGMEE (Programme Informatique de Gestion de la Matière Et des Emballages) Uranium enrichment production scheduling engine for Areva's Georges Besse plant in Pierrelatte. Manages all technical and administrative production tasks with minute-level precision, handling 350,000+ works in one horizon across 18-month planning windows. Runs 9x faster than contracted performance targets.
• OPPIDUM (Optimisation des Programmes de Production Industrielle des Usines Michelin) Fully automatic production scheduling engine for synthetic rubber manufacturing at Michelin across multiple plants (Clermont-Ferrand, Bassens, Louisville). Minimizes cost while satisfying removal requirements, production line constraints, and inventory levels.
• Custom Optimization Application Development

Quantifiable outcome

• 9x faster than specification requirements
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, important and minor.

• Sopra SteriacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor systems integrator and long-term implementation partner. Sopra Steria has collaborated with OPRED on multiple projects including CMA-CGM ROUTING FINDER, Airbus STLC, DCNS projects, and EDF engagements. Sopra handles interface development while OPRED provides optimization engine expertise.
• IBM ILOGcoreTechnology or IntegrationSoftware editor providing IBM ILOG CPLEX, CP Optimizer, and related optimization tools used by OPRED. OPRED has used IBM ILOG technology for proof-of-concept work and production deployments.
• EurodecisionimportantStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinear programming specialist. Collaborated with OPRED on projects including Eurocopter and RATP engagements. Complements OPRED's constraint programming expertise.
• CogiteominorOthersProfessional coaching services. Partner for organizational and coaching needs.
• ROADEFimportantOthersFrench Society of Operations Research and Decision Support. Professional association that OPRED is an active member of, participating in annual conferences and industry events.
• Pôle SAFEimportantOthersAerospace and space competitiveness cluster (formerly PEGASE). OPRED is a member, engaging with aerospace industry ecosystem.
• Pôle Mer MéditerranéeminorOthersMediterranean maritime competitiveness cluster. OPRED is a member, engaging with maritime and shipping industry ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Opex Analytics: Operations research and optimization consulting firm applying mathematical programming to supply chain and industrial scheduling problems — directly comparable service offering to Opred.
• Eurobios: French operations research consultancy delivering decision-support and optimization solutions for industry and logistics — a small, founder-led French peer of Opred.
• DecisionBrain: Operations research consulting firm delivering optimization applications for transportation, logistics, and manufacturing — closely comparable offering and target market to Opred.
• Eurodecision: French linear programming and operations research specialist serving similar industrial clients; also a documented partner of Opred, indicating overlapping capabilities and customer base.
• Princeton Consultants: US-based operations research consulting firm building custom optimization and scheduling applications for transportation, logistics, and industrial clients — comparable business model to Opred.
• Artelys: French operations research consulting firm building custom optimization applications and decision-support tools for energy, transport, and industry — a direct peer in geography, size, and offering to Opred.

Broad incumbents

• Gurobi Optimization: Leading commercial optimization solver vendor whose mathematical programming technology underpins much of the OR application ecosystem, including the layer in which Opred competes.
• Quintiq (Damen): Supply chain planning and optimization platform (now part of Damen) for industrial and logistics customers — comparable in target buyers and scheduling/routing domain.
• FICO (Xpress Optimization): Enterprise optimization platform (Xpress) for supply chain, routing, and scheduling at large industrial firms — a broader incumbent with overlapping solver and application capabilities.
• IBM ILOG: Provider of CPLEX and CP Optimizer solvers that Opred builds upon; a major incumbent in the optimization stack competing for similar enterprise buyers.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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