Camila Company has set the following standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor. Direct materials (15 pounds @ $5 per pound) Direct labor (4 hours @ $15 per hour) $ 75 60 During June the company incurred the following actual costs to produce 8,100 units. $ 588,050 Direct materials (123,800 pounds @ $4.75 per pound) Direct labor (36,700 hours @ $15.10 per hour) 554,170 AR = Actual Rate SR = Standard Rate AQ = Actual Quantity SQ = Standard Quantity AP = Actual Price SP = Standard Price (1) Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances. (2) Compute the direct labor rate variance and the direct labor efficiency variance.
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.
Please compute:
- The direct materials price and quantity variances
- The direct labor rate variance and the direct labor efficiency variance
Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting favorable, unfavorable, or no variance.)
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