Variable overhead rate and efficiency variances input all

Reference no: EM13570889

Budgeted		Actual
Sales (8,000 ingots)	$	240,000	$	240,000

Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold*		94,000		112,470
Variable selling expenses		10,000		10,000

Total variable expenses		104,000		122,470

Contribution margin		136,000		117,530

Fixed expenses:
Manufacturing overhead		55,000		55,000
Selling and administrative		70,000		70,000

Total fixed expenses		125,000		125,000

Net operating income (loss)	$	11,000	$	(7,470)

*Contains direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead.

Mr. Santiago was shocked to see the loss for the month, particularly because sales were exactly as budgeted. He stated, "I sure hope the plant has a standard cost system in operation. If it doesn't, I won't have the slightest idea of where to start looking for the problem."

The plant does use a standard cost system, with the following standard variable cost per ingot:

	Standard Quantity or Hours	Standard Price or Rate		Standard Cost
Direct materials	3.5 pounds	$	2.50 per pound	$	8.75
Direct labor	0.4 hours	$	6.50 per hour		2.60
Variable manufacturing overhead	0.2 hours*	$	2.00 per hour		0.40

Total standard variable cost				$	11.75

*Based on machine-hours.

During October the plant produced 8,000 ingots and incurred the following costs:

a.	Purchased 33,000 pounds of materials at a cost of $2.95 per pound. There were no raw materials in inventory at the beginning of the month.
b.	Used 27,800 pounds of materials in production. (Finished goods and work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.)
c.	Worked 3,800 direct labor-hours at a cost of $6.20 per hour.
d.	Incurred a total variable manufacturing overhead cost of $4,560 for the month. A total of 1,900 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 October:

Direct materials price and quantity variances. (Input all amounts as positive values. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Omit the "$" sign in your response.)


Materials price variance	$	(Click to select)UNoneF
Materials quantity variance	$	(Click to select)NoneFU

Direct labor rate and efficiency variances. (Input all amounts as positive values. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Omit the "$" sign in your response.)


Labor rate variance	$	(Click to select)NoneFU
Labor efficiency variance	$	(Click to select)FUNone

Variable overhead rate and efficiency variances. (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Omit the "$" sign in your response.)


Variable overhead rate variance	$	(Click to select)FNoneU
Variable overhead efficiency variance	$	(Click to select)FNoneU

2a.

Summarize the variances that you computed in (1) above by showing the net overall favorable or unfavorable variance for October. (Input the amount as a positive value. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Net variance

(Click to select)NoneUF

Pick out the two most significant variances that you computed in (1) above. (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

	Materials price variance
	Labor efficiency variance
	Variable overhead efficiency variance
	Labor rate variance
	Variable overhead rate variance
	Materials quantity varianc

Reference no: EM13570889

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