Hart Company made 3,280 shelves using 22,280 pounds of wood costing $300,780. The company's direct materials standards for one shelf are 8 pounds of wood at $13.40 per pound. Exercise 21-13 (Algo) Computing and analyzing materials variances LO P3 AQ Actual Quantity SQ Standard Quantity AP Actual Price SP Standard Price 1. Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances along with the total direct materials variance. 2. Hart applies management by exception by investigating direct materials variances of more than 5% of actual direct materials costs. Which direct materials variances will Hart investigate further?
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.
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