Ayayai Company manufactures tablecloths. Sales have grown rapidly over the past 2 years. As a result, the president has installed budgetary control system for 2022. The following data were used in developing the master manufacturing overhead budget for th Ironing Department, which is based on an activity index of direct labor hours. Variable costs Indirect labor Indirect materials Factory utilities Factory repairs Rate per Direct Labor Hour $0.40 0.50 0.30 0.20 Annual Fixed Costs Supervision Depreciation Insurance Rent $40,800 14,400 12,000 22,800 The master overhead budget was prepared in the expectation that 475,000 direct labor hours will be worked during the year. In June, 37,000 direct labor hours were worked. At that level of activity, actual costs were as shown below. Variable-per direct labor hour: indirect labor $0.42, indirect materials $0.49, factory utilities $0.32, and factory repairs $0.24. Fixed: same as budgeted.
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
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