Reference no: EM132710518
Question - Miller Toy Company manufactures a plastic swimming pool at its Westwood Plant. The plant has been experiencing problems as shown by its June contribution format income statement below:
Flexible Budget Actual
Sales (6,000 pools) $240,000 $240,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold* 57,900 74,210
Variable selling expenses 18,000 18,000
Total variable expenses 75,900 92,210
Contribution margin 164,100 147,790
Fixed expenses:
Manufacturing overhead 66,000 66,000
Selling and administrative 84,000 84,000
Total fixed expenses 150,000 150,000
Net operating income (loss) $14,100 $(2,210)
*Contains direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead.
Janet Dunn, who has just been appointed general manager of the Westwood Plant, has been given instructions to "get things under control." Upon reviewing the plant's income statement, Ms. Dunn has concluded that the major problem lies in the variable cost of goods sold. She has been provided with the following standard cost per swimming pool:
Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost
Direct materials 3.4 pounds $2.00 per pound $6.80
Direct labor 0.3 hours $7.50 per hour 2.25
Variable manufacturing overhead 0.2 hours* $3.00 per hour 0.60
Total standard cost per unit $9.65 *Based on machine-hours.
During June, the plant produced 6,000 pools and incurred the following costs:
1. Purchased 25,400 pounds of materials at a cost of $2.45 per pound.
b. Used 20,200 pounds of materials in production. (Finished goods and work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.)
c. Worked 2,400 direct labor-hours at a cost of $7.20 per hour.
d. Incurred variable manufacturing overhead cost totaling $5,100 for the month. A total of 1,500 machine-hours was recorded.
It is the company's policy to close all variances to cost of goods sold on a monthly basis.
Required -
1. Compute the following variances for June:
a. Materials price and quantity variances.
b. Labor rate and efficiency variances.
c. Variable overhead rate and efficiency variances.
2. Summarize the variances that you computed in (1) above by showing the net overall favorable or unfavorable variance for the month.