Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis Shasta Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 60 employees. Each empl- presently provides 36 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows: Standard wage per hour Standard labor time per unit Standard number of lbs. of brass Standard price per lb. of brass Actual price per lb. of brass Actual lbs. of brass used during the week Number of units produced during the week $11.40 20 min. 1.8 lbs. $11.50 $11.75 16,686 lbs. 9,000
Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis Shasta Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 60 employees. Each empl- presently provides 36 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows: Standard wage per hour Standard labor time per unit Standard number of lbs. of brass Standard price per lb. of brass Actual price per lb. of brass Actual lbs. of brass used during the week Number of units produced during the week $11.40 20 min. 1.8 lbs. $11.50 $11.75 16,686 lbs. 9,000
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Transcribed Image Text:Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis
Shasta Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 60 employees. Each employee
presently provides 36 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:
Standard wage per hour
Standard labor time per unit
Standard number of lbs. of brass
Standard price per lb. of brass
Actual price per lb. of brass
Actual lbs. of brass used during the week
Number of units produced during the week
Actual wage per hour
Actual hours for the week (60 employees x 36 hours)
Required:
$11.40
20 min.
1.8 lbs.
$11.50
$11.75
16,686 lbs.
9,000
$11.74
2,160
a. Determine the standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor. Round the cost per unit to two decimal places.
Direct materials standard cost per unit
Direct labor standard cost per unit
Total standard cost per unit
b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest
whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Transcribed Image Text:Number of units produced during the week
Actual wage per hour
Actual hours for the week (60 employees x 36 hours)
Required:
a. Determine the standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor. Round the cost per unit to two decimal places.
Direct materials standard cost per unit
Direct labor standard cost per unit
Total standard cost per unit
b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest
whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Direct Materials Price Variance
Direct Materials Quantity Variance
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance
c. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a
favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Direct Labor Rate Variance
Direct Labor Time Variance
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance
9,000
$11.74
2,160
100
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