Lexi Belcher picked up the monthly report that Irvin Santamaria
left on her desk. She smiled as her eyes went straight to the
bottom line of the report and saw the favorable variance for
operating income, confirming her decision to push the workers to
get those last 270 cases off the production line before the end of
the month.
But as she glanced over the rest of numbers, Lexi couldn’t help but
wonder if there were errors in some of the line items. She was
puzzled at how most of the operating expenses could be higher than
the budget since she had worked hard to manage the production line
to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Yet the report, shown
below, showed a different story.
Actual | Budget | Variance | ||||||||
Cases produced and sold | 10,250 | 9,980 | 270 | Favorable | ||||||
Sales revenue | $1,943,600 | $1,866,300 | $77,300 | Favorable | ||||||
Less variable expenses | ||||||||||
Direct material | 559,878 | 548,900 | 10,978 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Direct labor | 267,115 | 259,480 | 7,635 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Variable manufacturing overhead | 284,442 | 279,440 | 5,002 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Variable selling expenses | 92,944 | 89,820 | 3,124 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Variable administrative expenses | 41,657 | 39,920 | 1,737 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Total variable expense | 1,246,036 | 1,217,560 | 28,476 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Contribution margin | 697,564 | 648,740 | 48,824 | Favorable | ||||||
Less fixed expenses | ||||||||||
Fixed manufacturing overhead | 110,778 | 109,780 | 998 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Fixed selling expenses | 69,361 | 69,860 | (499 | Favorable) | ||||||
Fixed administrative expenses | 129,540 | 129,740 | (200 | Favorable) | ||||||
Total fixed expense | 309,679 | 309,380 | 299 | Unfavorable | ||||||
Operating income | $387,885 | $339,360 | $48,525 | Favorable |
Lexi picked up the phone and called Irvin. “Irvin, I don’t get it.
We beat the budgeted operating income for the month, but look at
all the unfavorable variances on the operating costs. Can you help
me understand what’s going on?” “Let me look into it and I’ll get
back to you,” Irvin replied.
Irvin gathered the following additional information about the
month’s performance.
● | Direct materials purchased: 101,796 pounds at a total of $559,878 | ||
● | Direct materials used: 101,796 pounds | ||
● | Direct labor hours worked: 26,447 at a total cost of $267,115 | ||
● | Machine hours used: 40,868 |
Irvin also found the standard cost card for a case of
product.
Standard Price | Standard Quantity | Standard Cost | ||||||
Direct materials | $5.50 per pound | 10 pounds | $55 | |||||
Direct labor | $10 per DLH | 2.59 DLH | 25.90 | |||||
Variable overhead | $7 per MH | 4 MH | 28.00 | |||||
Fixed overhead | $2.74 per MH | 4 MH | 10.96 | |||||
Total standard cost per case | $119.86 |
Calculate the direct material price variance and direct material
quantity variance for the month. (If variance is zero,
select "Not Applicable" and enter 0 for the
amounts.)
Direct material price variance | $
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Direct material quantity variance | $
Enter Dollar amount |
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Direct material price variance = (Standard price-actual price)actual quantity = (5.5*101796-559878) = 0 None
Direct material quantity variance = (Standard qty-actual qty)Standard price = (102500-101796)*5.5 = 3872 F
Lexi Belcher picked up the monthly report that Irvin Santamaria left on her desk. She smiled...
Lexi Belcher picked up the monthly report that Irvin Santamaria
left on her desk. She smiled as her eyes went straight to the
bottom line of the report and saw the favorable variance for
operating income, confirming her decision to push the workers to
get those last 270 cases off the production line before the end of
the month.
But as she glanced over the rest of numbers, Lexi couldn’t help but
wonder if there were errors in some of...
Lexi Belcher picked up the monthly report that Irvin Santamaria
left on her desk. She smiled as her eyes went straight to the
bottom line of the report and saw the favorable variance for
operating income, confirming her decision to push the workers to
get those last 270 cases off the production line before the end of
the month.
But as she glanced over the rest of numbers, Lexi couldn’t help but
wonder if there were errors in some of...
Lexi Belcher picked up the monthly report that Irvin Santamaria
left on her desk. She smiled as her eyes went straight to the
bottom line of the report and saw the favorable variance for
operating income, confirming her decision to push the workers to
get those last 270 cases off the production line before the end of
the month.
But as she glanced over the rest of numbers, Lexi couldn’t help but
wonder if there were errors in some of...
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