Reference no: EM132506979
Adam Holmes is the Processing Manager of Empire Mortgage Company, a firm that processes loan applications for a number of regional builders. Home buying and therefore mortgage processing is a highly seasonal business, and requires temporary staff during busy processing periods. Holmes hires staff on a monthly basis from two different temporary staffing firms - Professional Temps (PT) and Support on Demand (SD). In June, Empire hired 14 staff members from PT and 10 from SD. PT is a more established firm and SD is a newly organized firm in the staffing market.
Holmes has compiled the following information for June:
Budgets for June PT staff SD staff
Budgeted hourly rate $50 $45
Budgeted time per app. (hours) 1.2 1.4
Actual results for June PT staff SD staff
Actual hourly rate $52 $47
Actual time per app. (hours) 1.4 1.2
Number of actual apps completed 2,604 1,600
Questions:
Question 1: Determine the labor rate and efficiency variances for (a) the 14 PT staff and (b) the 10 SD staff hired in June.
Question 2: Comment on the efficiency of the PT and SD staff hired by Empire Mortgage.
Problem 2
Gunlock Chair Co. is an elite manufacturer of mid-century modern solid oak chairs. At the start of May, the following budgeted unit amounts related to its manufacture of these exclusive oak chairs:
Direct materials: 8 square feet of oak per chair @ $35 per square foot
Direct manufacturing labor: 3 hours per chair @ $40 per labor hour
Budgeted production for May was 1700 mid-century style chairs. There were no beginning inventories of direct materials or finished goods on May 1.
Actual results for May are as follows:
Direct materials purchased: 13,850 square feet for $493,060
Direct materials used: 13,630 square feet
Direct manufacturing labor: 5,425 hours at $42.00 per hour
Actual production in May is 1750 chairs.
Questions:
Question 3: Compute the DM Purchase Price & Quantity variances for May
Question 4: Compute the DL Rate and Efficiency variances for May