Question

Rundle Manufacturing Company set its standard variable manufacturing cost at $25 per unit of product. The company planned to make and sell 3,800 units of product during Year 3. More specifically, the master budget called for total variable manufacturing cost to be $95,000. Actual production during Year 3 was 4,000 units, and actual variable manufacturing costs amounted to $100,900. The production supervisor was asked to explain the variance between budgeted and actual cost ($100,900 – $95,000 = $5,900). The supervisor responded that she was not responsible for the variance that was caused solely by the increase in sales volume controlled by the marketing department. Required a. Determine the flexible budget variance and indicate the effect of the variance by selecting favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Select "None" if there is no effect (i.e., zero variance).) b. Do you agree with the production supervisor? a. Flexible budget variance b. Do you agree with the production supervisor?

Answer 1

Cost in Flexible budget	100000	=400*25
a
Actual cost	100900
Less: Cost in Flexible budget	100000
Flexible budget variance	900	U
b
No, we do not agree with supervisor.
There was a variance of $900 for reasons other than increase in volume.