Accretive helps APD Wilco rejuvenate its trading platform and avoid a costly replacement and migration.

Challenge
ADP Wilco's GLOSS platform, it's real-time transaction processing engine that automates the trade processing lifecycle3, was approaching its limits in terms of volumes and response times. ADP was advised to and had laid plans to replace the entire system. This replacement represented a lengthy and costly process with a very complex migration plan. Accretive was hired to model the GLOSS system and provide alternatives.

Solution
Accretive applied its Model-Based Architecture™ methodology in conjunction with constructing the X-Act™ model. Key business processes where identified and the model was built and validated against the production system to with 2% accuracy. Specific bottlenecks were found and measured corrective actions were identified. We finished it in a month.

Benefits
The immediate and phased corrective measures ultimately resulted in a 30-fold increase on peak throughput in the GLOSS system. Plans to replace the system where abandoned and the platform had excess capacity for new business.