Lone Ranger Corporation manufactures curtains. A curtain window requires the following: Direct materials standard 10 square yards at $5 per yard Direct manufacturing labor standard 5 hours at $10 per hour During the second quarter, the company made 1,500 curtains and used 14,000 square yards of fabric costing $68,600. Direct labor totaled 7,600 hours for $79,800. Compute the direct materials price variance for the quarter. Compute the direct materials efficiency variance for the quarter. Compute the direct manufacturing labor rate variance for the quarter
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.
Lone Ranger Corporation manufactures curtains. A curtain window requires the following:
Direct materials standard 10 square yards at $5 per yard
Direct manufacturing labor standard 5 hours at $10 per hour
During the second quarter, the company made 1,500 curtains and used 14,000 square yards of fabric costing $68,600. Direct labor totaled 7,600 hours for $79,800.
Compute the direct materials price variance for the quarter.
Compute the direct materials efficiency variance for the quarter.
Compute the direct manufacturing labor rate variance for the quarter
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