Hopkins Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men's suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2014, 11,200 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used. Cost Element Standard (per unit) Actual Direct materials 8 yards at $4.40 per yard $375,575 for 90,500 yards ($4.15 per yard) Direct labor 1.20 hours at $13.40 per hour $200,220 for 14,200 hours ($14.10 per hour) Overhead 1.20 hours at $6.10 per hour (fixed $3.50; variable $2.60) $49,000 fixed overhead $37,000 variable overhead Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $49,000, and budgeted variable overhead was $36,400. Compute the overhead controllable variance and the overhead volume variance. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)
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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