During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $45,210, all of which were used in the production of 2,500 units of product. In addition, 4,100 hours of direct labor time were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $30,750. The following variances have been computed for the month:
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.
I need help with problems 1 a-b, and 2-a-c. Part of 1 b is cut off, to clarify it says that I need to solve for the "price variance" and the "spending variance." Thanks for the help in advance!
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