Five brothers Company’s budget and actual costs per unit are provided below for the most recent period. During this period, 800 units were actually produced.
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Product Budget Cost |
Product Actual Cost |
Materials |
Metres |
Unit Price Per Metre |
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|
Budget |
6 |
$5.00 |
$30.00 |
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Actual |
6.2 |
$4.80 |
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$29.76 |
Direct labour |
Hours |
Hourly Rate |
|
|
Budget |
5 |
$5.00 |
$25.00 |
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Actual |
4.8 |
$5.50 |
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$26.40 |
Variable overhead |
Hours |
Hourly Rate |
|
|
Budget |
5 |
$4.00 |
$20.00 |
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Actual |
4.9 |
$4.10 |
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$20.09 |
Total unit cost |
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$75.00 |
$76.25 |
Required:
Given the information above, compute the following variances. Also indicate if the variances are favorable or unfavorable.
1. Materials price variance |
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2. Materials quantity variance |
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3. Direct labour rate variance |
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4. Direct labour efficiency variance |
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5. Variable overhead rate variance |
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6. Variable overhead efficiency variance 7. Please give some managerial suggestions based on your calculation. |
Answer
Actual DATA for |
800 |
units |
|
Quantity (AQ) |
Rate (AR) |
Actual Cost |
|
Direct Material |
4960 |
$ 4.80 |
$ 23,808.00 |
Direct labor |
3840 |
$ 5.50 |
$ 21,120.00 |
Variable Overhead |
3920 |
$ 4.10 |
$ 16,072.00 |
Standard DATA for |
800 |
units |
|
Quantity (SQ) |
Rate (SR) |
Standard Cost |
|
[A] |
[B] |
[A x B] |
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Direct Material |
( 6 mtr x 800 units)=4800 mtr |
$ 5.00 |
$ 24,000.00 |
Direct labor |
( 5 hours x 800 units)=4000 hours |
$ 5.00 |
$ 20,000.00 |
Variable Overhead |
( 5 hours x 800 units)=4000 hours |
$ 4.00 |
$ 16,000.00 |
[1]
Material Price Variance |
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( |
Standard Rate |
- |
Actual Rate |
) |
x |
Actual Quantity |
( |
$ 5.00 |
- |
$ 4.80 |
) |
x |
4960 |
992 |
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Variance |
$ 992.00 |
Favourable-F |
[2]
Material Quantity Variance |
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( |
Standard Quantity |
- |
Actual Quantity |
) |
x |
Standard Rate |
( |
4800 |
- |
4960 |
) |
x |
$ 5.00 |
-800 |
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Variance |
$ 800.00 |
Unfavourable-U |
[3]
Labor Rate Variance |
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( |
Standard Rate |
- |
Actual Rate |
) |
x |
Actual Labor Hours |
( |
$ 5.00 |
- |
$ 5.50 |
) |
x |
3840 |
-1920 |
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Variance |
$ 1,920.00 |
Unfavourable-U |
[4]
Labour Efficiency Variance |
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( |
Standard Hours |
- |
Actual Hours |
) |
x |
Standard Rate |
( |
4000 |
- |
3840 |
) |
x |
$ 5.00 |
800 |
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Variance |
$ 800.00 |
Favourable-F |
[5]
Variable Overhead Rate Variance |
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( |
Standard Rate |
- |
Actual Rate |
) |
x |
Actual Labor Hours |
( |
$ 4.00 |
- |
$ 4.10 |
) |
x |
3920 |
-392 |
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Variance |
$ 392.00 |
Unfavourable-U |
[6]
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance |
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( |
Standard Hours |
- |
Actual Hours |
) |
x |
Standard Rate |
( |
4000 |
- |
3920 |
) |
x |
$ 4.00 |
320 |
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Variance |
$ 320.00 |
Favourable-F |
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