Kohler Clothiers manufactures women's business suits. The company uses a standard cost accounting system. In March 2020, 15,70 suits were made. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of March when normal capacity was 19,000 di labour hours. All materials purchased were used in production: Cost Element Standard (per unit) 7 m at $6.85 per metre Direct materials Direct labour Overhead 1 hour at $11.55 per hour 1 hour at $9.35 per hour (fixed $6.35; variable $3.00) Actual $755,760 for 107,200 m ($7.05 per metre) $167,200 for 15,200 hours ($11.00 per hour) $115,500 fixed overhead $48,300 variable overhead Overhead is applied based on direct labour hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $120,650, and budget variable overhead costs were $57,000. (a) Calculate the total, price, and quantity variances for materials and labour, and calculate the total, overhead, and volume variand manufacturing overhead. Materials price variance $ UnfavourableFavourableNeither favourable nor unfavourable
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
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