Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis Abbeville Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 40 employees. Each employee presently provides 32 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows: Standard wage per hr. $10.80 Standard labor time per faucet 10 min. Standard number of lb. of brass 1.30 lb. Standard price per lb. of brass $9.75 Actual price per lb. of brass $10.00 Actual lb. of brass used during the week 11,600 lb. Number of faucets produced during the week 8,700 Actual wage per hr. $11.10 Actual hrs. per week 1,280 hrs. Required:
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.
Direct Materials and Direct Labor
Abbeville Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 40 employees. Each employee presently provides 32 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:
| Standard wage per hr. | $10.80 |
| Standard labor time per faucet | 10 min. |
| Standard number of lb. of brass | 1.30 lb. |
| Standard price per lb. of brass | $9.75 |
| Actual price per lb. of brass | $10.00 |
| Actual lb. of brass used during the week | 11,600 lb. |
| Number of faucets produced during the week | 8,700 |
| Actual wage per hr. | $11.10 |
| Actual hrs. per week | 1,280 hrs. |
Required:
a. Determine the
b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
c. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
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