Question

Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: Standard Quantity or Hours 6.40 pounds 0.40 hours Direct materials Direct labor Standard Price or Rate $ 1.70 per pound $14.00 per hour Standard Cost $10.88 $ 5.60 During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. 18,500.00 pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $1.40 per pound. b. All of the material purchased was used to produce 2,500 units of Zoom. C. 800 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $13,600. Required: 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. 2. Compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the month. (For all requirements, Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar.) 1. Materials price variance Materials quantity variance Labor rate variance 2. Labor efficiency variance

Answer 1

Required 1:

• Direct material price variance = Actual quantity * (Actual price - Standard price)

= 18,500 * ($1.40 - $1.70)

= $5,550 Favorable

• Direct material quantity variance = (Standard quantity - Actual quantity) * Standard price

= [(2,500 * $6.40) - 18,500] * $1.70

= $4,250 Unfavorable

Required 2:

• Labor rate variance = (Actual rate - Standard rate) * Actual hours

= [($13,600 / 800) - $14] * 800

= $2,400 Unfavorable

• Labor efficiency variance = (Actual hours - Standard hours) * Standard rate

= [(800 - (2,500 * 0.40)] * $14

= $2,800 Favorable