Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. Units sold at Retail Units Acquired at Cost 165 unitse $9.00 - $1,485 Date Activities Jan. 1 Beginning inventory Jan. 10 Sales 125 units @ $18.00 Jan. 20 Purchase 110 unitse $8.00 = 088 Jan. 25 Sales 125 units @ $18.00 Jan. 30 Purchase 230 units@ $7.50 = 1,725 Totals 505 units $4,090 250 units The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 255 units, where 230 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 20 are from beginning inventory.
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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