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How Ceetadel improved profitability with Furious

In brief

  • Precise monitoring of profitability and team satisfaction.
  • Sales doubled in 2 years.
  • Clear visibility of upcoming projects and proactive management of time overruns.
  • Automation of administrative tasks, freeing up 15% of working time for higher value-added activities.
  • Transforming operational performance and boosting employee commitment with Furious.

Initial challenges

Faced with rapid growth, expanding from 25 employees in 2016 to 50-60 in 2021, Ceetadel felt the need to optimize its management and centralize its tools to maintain the quality of service offered to its clients. The increasing variety of projects, with several agencies within the same group each having its own specialties, made communication and coordination crucial.

In addition, Ceetadel was facing several crucial challenges: talent retention, team growth and retaining the best people to contribute to the company’s growth. Finally, rapid expansion through the acquisition and merger of several agencies necessitated the integration of different management systems and practices, underlining the need for a single, centralized tool to harmonize operations and improve efficiency.

Who are they?

Ceetadel, an independent communication group, brings together 7 complementary entities:

1. Nouveau Monde, an agency expert in brand strategy and creation,
2. Monet, an agency specializing in Earned Media,
3. AllMatik, an agency dedicated to Paid Media,
4. SmartFire, a technology and innovation consulting agency,
5. Conversationnel, a social media pure player,
6. SocIAty, an AI consulting firm,
7. Data Vibes, a Data consulting firm.

Based in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Ceetadel develops a unique method called Active Ceenergies©, which combines 6 major levers boosted by AI: strategy, creation, technology, Earned & Paid Media, and Data.

Today, Ceetadel consists of 220 employees and +100 AI agents, with a gross margin of 22 million euros in 2025, 5% of which was invested in R&D.

Results with Furious

Increased visibility

Real-time monitoring of margins and time spent on each project.

Operational efficiency

Reduced time overruns thanks to precise schedule management.

We switched to Furious when we were just over 6M euros in sales - we needed a tool that would enable us to manage our business and track our growth - since we installed Furious, we've doubled our sales in 2 years.

Improved profitability

Rigorous management of costs and budgets, increasing project profitability.

Team satisfaction

Better organization of work, increasing employee satisfaction.

Amaury's 3 favorite killing features

Feature #1: Gross margin by business unit

We’ve switched to gross margin per business unit. This is the key KPI that enables us to ensure that production sold to our customers is sufficient to absorb the costs of our business units.

Amaury explains that this approach is vital for the company, as it enables the various business unit managers to be effectively onboarded. With several legal structures and cross-functional business units, tracking gross profit is essential for optimal management and clear visibility of financial performance. Without this functionality, Ceetadel would no longer be able to manage its business effectively.

Feature #2: Gross margin invoiced by business unit

The second, from a purely financial point of view, is the gross margin invoiced by business unit. At the end of the day, this is also the judge of peace, even if the gross margin produced is equal to the gross margin invoiced at the end of the project. In our financial management we also use this approach to measure a project’s profitability.

Another key feature for Ceetadel is tracking the billed gross margin per project. This approach allows for measuring project profitability and evaluating the company’s ability to cover its costs.

Amaury adds: “It’s with this gross margin invoiced per project that we’re able to say to ourselves ‘well, on such and such a project, yes, such and such a supplier, we can pay him, there’s still some margin, we’ll remove the provision and come and manage our purchases and make sure that the company’s overall profitability is sufficient.

Feature #3: The budget dashboard

One of the features I use very regularly is the budget dashboard, which allows me to look at project by project, customer by customer, the gross margin generated and especially purchases not received […] It’s a tool that gives us a global approach to financial KPIs.“Amaury Bataille

This feature is particularly useful for taking a conservative approach to costs. Amaury adds: ” We take a rather conservative approach, saying to ourselves, I’m hesitating between 8 and 9 costs on the project, I’ll put in 10 costs and at the end if I get 8 and a half, I’ll take out 1 and a half provisions and we’ll have the impression of having good news.

Today, in our operations, we monitor progress based on project dates, which enables us to manage the gross margin produced in a fairly precise way in relation to reality, since we sell man-time (...) so it enables us to erase billing discrepancies where I've billed on account, or where I've only billed at the end. We have a vision of gross margin produced based on progress, on project dates.

In a nutshell

The integration of Furious has truly transformed Ceetadel. Now, the group can track its margins in real time, allowing for more precise and reactive management. Work organization has improved, reducing team stress and increasing satisfaction.

The fine-tuned management of purchase orders, combined with automatic reminders and invoicing, has also led to smoother purchasing management.

The result: a significant improvement in cash flow. Finally, the automation of administrative tasks freed up 15% of the accounting team’s time, enabling them to concentrate on more strategic missions.

In short, Furious has enabled Ceetadel to adopt proactive management, reduce errors, and improve both customer satisfaction and team well-being.

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