Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor:
Leather (3 strips @ $4) | $12.00 |
Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) | 9.00 |
Total prime cost | $21.00 |
During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 287,500 strips at $3.90 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 79,500 hours at $13.50 per hour.
Required:
1. Break down the total variance for labor into a rate variance and an efficiency variance using the columnar and formula approaches.
Rate variance | $ | Unfavorable |
Efficiency variance | $ | Unfavorable |
Total variance | $ | Unfavorable |
2. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION As part of the investigation of the unfavorable variances, the plant manager interviews the production manager. The production manager complains strongly about the quality of the leather strips. He indicates that the strips are of lower quality than usual and that workers have to be more careful to avoid a belt with cracks and more time is required. Also, even with extra care, many belts have to be discarded and new ones produced to replace the rejects. This replacement work has also produced some overtime demands. What corrective action should the plant manager take?
BUDGET | STANDARD FOR 92000 BELT | ACTUAL FOR | 92000 | BELT | |||||||
QTY/HRS | RATE | QTY/HRS | RATE | Amount | QTY/HRS | RATE | Amount | ||||
LABOUR | 0.75 | 12 | 69000 | 12 | 828000 | 79500 | 13.5 | 1073250 | |||
828000 | 1073250 | ||||||||||
Total labour varience | -245250 |
Labour rate variance | (standard rate -actual rate )*acutual hours | ||
Standard - actual | actual hrs | Amount | |
-1.5 | 79500 | -119250 | |
Rate variance | -119250 | unfavourable |
Labour Efficency variance | ||
Standard hrs - actual hrs | Standard rate | Amount |
-10500 | 12 | -126000 |
Efficiency variance | -126000 |
Corrective action.
Return to suppliers that provide the quality corresponding to the price standard
Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system...
Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor: Leather (3 strips @ $4) $12.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) 9.00 Total prime cost $21.00 During the first month of the year, Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 287,500 strips at $3.60 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 78,200 hours...
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Materials Variances Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor: Leather (3 strips @ $4) $12.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) 9.00 Total prime cost $21.00 During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 290,500 strips at $3.00 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor...
Materials Variances Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor Leather (3 strips@$4) $12.00 9.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) $21.00 Total prime cost During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 290,500 strips at $3.60 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 80,500...
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