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Indirect Reseller Management CPP Refunding Calculation Process Information for VADs and IRs. Rémi Schulz, Partner Program Operations November 19th 2009. Agenda. Pre-Requisites Main Rules Calculation Process Payment Process Display and Follow Up. 1. Pre-Requisites.
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Indirect Reseller ManagementCPP Refunding Calculation ProcessInformation for VADs and IRs Rémi Schulz, Partner Program Operations November 19th 2009
Agenda • Pre-Requisites • Main Rules • Calculation Process • Payment Process • Display and Follow Up
1 Pre-Requisites
Pre-requisites for VADs and IRs Requirements for VADs: • Has already signed a CPP contract and one charter with each IR; • Reports POS through the dedicated website page on a monthly basis (www.businesspartner.alcatel-lucent.com); • Has provided all the mandatory fields within the POS report; Requirements for IRs: • Has already signed the CPP charter, together with one VAD (one per VAD if buying from several VADs); • Is Accredited: • IR fulfills the requirements for one or several specializations; • IR has been granted Standard or Advanced level in a monthly ACR meeting.
2 Main Rules
Main Rules (1/2) • IR refunding represents 2% of the revenue declared for each standard specialization achieved; • IR refunding represents 4% of the revenue declared for each advanced specialization achieved; • Calculation made specialization per specialization; • Considered revenue includes services but not taxes and logistic fees; • With at least 1 standard specialization : IR is “Certified”; • With at least 1 advanced specialization : IR is “Expert”; • With at least 3 specializations at advanced level and above 1 M€ revenue (on a rolling 12 months basis): IR is “Premium”;
Main Rules (2/2) • Partner becomes compliant: • The month following the ACR decision to grant the standard or advanced level to a specialization is the starting date of any calculation; • No retroactivity; • Partner is not anymore compliant: • The yearly ACR will then ask him to recover and allow 3 months to do so; • If not, ACR committee will downgrade the specialization level and reduce or suppress the relevant incentive; • If yes, ACR committee will confirm specialization level and confirm incentive rate; • The month following the ACR decision the rate is updated accordingly; • No retroactivity
3 Calculation Process
Calculation process, based on POS (1/2) • 1 : Check CRD ID and invoice date, to know if and since when the partner is accredited • 2 : Check the product reference to know the status of the matching specialization • 3 : Proceed to the calculation : IR Purchase Price x Quantity x Rate (2 or 4%) 1 1 2 3
Calculation process, based on POS (2/2) • Same process made line by line; • Same process made POS by POS; • More than 60 POS per month, up to 60 000 lines to check • POS must be uploaded by the 8th of each month • Calculation is to be processed around the 15th of each month • If a POS is reported with delay, the calculation will be processed together with the following months • Once processed it is not possible anymore to change the POS data • All errors must be corrected before calculation otherwise no fund will be distributed
4 Payment Process
Timeline POS M+1 POS M POS M-1 • POS Reporting • From each VAD, before the 8th of each month for the previous month revenue • IR Accreditation Review • By accreditation committee, before the end of each month • IR Refunding Calculation • Depending on POS quality, around each 15th of the month • IR Refunding Display and Payment • Displayed on BPWS each month • Payment to VAD, via credit note, each quarter M+1 M M+2 ACR ACR ACR M+1 Fund Calculation M Fund displayed M-2 Fund displayed M Fund Calculation M-1 Fund displayed M-1 Fund Calculation Credit Note to VAD (M-2 + M-1 + M)
5 Display and Follow Up
Display on IR dedicated page • Through the “My IR Accreditation Fund” • Past 12 months calculated fund
Follow Up for the IRs • Through the “IR Accreditation Fund – Sales Analysis” • Detail of the fund/revenue by VAD (1) • Full detail of declared revenue, available by months (2) 1 2
Display and Follow Up for VADs • Together with the credit note, Alcatel-Lucent will provide an excel file with: • Detail of considered revenue per IR • Detail of paid funds per IR • In a second step, a dedicated page will be available on the dashboard with same kind of information.
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