Direct Materials, Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufactu of 70,000 units of product were as follows: Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials 182,000 lbs. at $5.90 180,200 lbs. at $5.80 Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $16.70 17,900 hrs. at $17.10 Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 18,260 direct labor hrs.: Variable cost, $3.80 $65,840 variable cost Fixed cost, $6.00 $109,560 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor. Required: a. 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. Direct Materials Price Variance Direct Materials Quantity Variance Total Direct Materials Cost Variance b. 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. Direct Labor Rate Variance Direct Labor Time Variance
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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis
Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture
of 70,000 units of product were as follows:
Standard Costs
Actual Costs
182,000 lbs. at $5.90
180,200 Ibs. at $5.80
Direct materials
Direct labor
17,500 hrs. at $16.70
17,900 hrs. at $17.10
Factory overhead
Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.80
$65,840 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.00
$109,560 fixed cost
Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.
Required:
a. 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.
Direct Materials Price Varia
Direct Materials Quantity Variance
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance
b. 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.
Direct Labor Rate Variance
Direct Labor Time Variance
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based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.80
$65,840 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.00
$109,560 fixed cost
Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.
Required:
a. 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.
Direct Materials Price Variance
Direct Materials Quantity Variance
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance
b. 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.
Direct Labor Rate Variance
Direct Labor Time Variance
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance
c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable
variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Variable factory overhead controllable variance
Fixed factory overhead volume variance
Total factory overhead cost variance
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