Help - MCPS Rates & Settings

MCPS AP1, DVD1, and AVP associated rates and system level settings are configured through the MCPS sub tab of the Admin section of the application.

There are four sections in the MCPS admin settings:

Default Royalty Rates
MCPS Retention Rates
MCPS Pricing
MCPS Export Settings

"Default Royalty Rates" section:

Lists the current AP1, DVD1, and AVP royalty rates which are used by MCPS to invoice mechanicals based off of supplied statement by labels.

DVD1 categories are defined by MCPS as:

Category A: A single bar-coded Music Product which includes a maximum of two audio-visual music tracks or single bar-coded Music Product comprising more than one Disc where each Disc has been individually released and each individual release includes a maximum of two audio-visual music tracks and where the two or more Discs together include no substantial content which is not included on the individual releases.
Category B: A single bar-coded Music Product which comprises more than two audio-only tracks with more than two audio-visual tracks including music.
Category C: A single bar-coded Music Product which is predominantly audio-visual in nature and which includes a maximum of two audio-only music tracks but does not come within the definition of Category A Music Product as a consequence of the dominant duration of the content comprising audio-visual material.
Note: Information in this table is for reference only and cannot be edited or changed. Default royalty rates are used to calculate estimated liability seen on the royalty run details page.

"MCPS Retention Rates" section:

The MCPS retentions rates section lists the current retention rates that are allowed by MCPS. Information contained in this section is used to calculate the number of retentions that can be held for a product for a reporting period. Noted rates are used for AP1, DVD1, and AVP reporting.

Example: If a product is in the first retention period and set as TV advertised, the system will calculate the amount of retentions that are withheld for standard UK based sales using the 25% rate. A products current retention period and TV advertised state are configured in the MCPS product license page.

Note: Information in this table is for reference only and cannot be edited or changed.

"MCPS Pricing" section:

The MCPS pricing section provides a global setting which determines where product pricing is pulled from for AP1 and DVD1 reporting. There are two settings: Published Dealer Pricing and Sales Document Pricing. The default setting is "Published Dealer Pricing"

Published Dealer Pricing: setting reports to MCPS prices that are configured within the application. Users configure price tiers for a specific product with the price tiers having an associated wholesale and retail price. Price tiers reported in sales files are used to determine which price is pulled from the product level price tier setting within the system. The system reports the user configured pricing for retail based sales channels (standard retail sales) for products that are not in a "Deleted" state. For non retail based channel sales (Military, Club, Mail Order, and Direct) or for products that are set as "Deleted", prices contained in sales files are reported to MCPS.
Sales Document Pricing: will report to MCPS prices that are contained in sales documents for any type of sale or product setting.

"MCPS Export Settings" section:

The MCPS export setting section notes the export allowance for products sold through a retail sales channel (standard retail sales) as currently defined by MCPS as well as a user defined pricing table for products that exceed the export allowance.

Note: Only retail channel sales (standard retail sales) are taken into account for export allowance calculations and pricing adjustments. Non retail channels (Military, Club, Mail Order, and Direct) are not adjusted.

The "MCPS Export Allowance" notes the number of units that can be exported per catalog number in a particular quarter to a specific country. Export allowances are defined for both AP1 and DVD1 reporting and are informational only for the user.

The "Country Pricing Table" allows users to define the specific price adjustment that is applied to reported sales that exceed the MCPS export allowance as defined above. When in the edit mode, users can add countries to a pricing table and define the specific product and price adjustment.

If a product exceeds the export allowance of a specific country for a reporting period, all sales for that product in that country are reported at the UK wholesale price that is adjusted by the configured rate.
If "All Physical" is selected, all physical products will have the same pricing adjustment rate applied to them. This saves time if all products for a specific country utilize the same rate.
Only one rate can be configured and saved for a specific product in a specific country.
Rates can be set above or below 100%.
Countries and products that are not defined in this table will report 100% of the UK wholesale price.
When in the edit mode configured countries can be deleted by selecting the delete checkbox next to the term to be deleted. Terms will be removed when "Update" is selected.

The "Now Viewing" filter allows the list to be filtered by a specific country or to show all countries.