Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Cocoa Sugar Standard labor time Planned production Standard labor rate Actual production (cases) Cocoa Sugar Standard Amount per Case Light Chocolate Dark Chocolate Dark chocolate 11 lb. 9 lb. 0.4 hr. 8 lb. 13 lb. Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate 5,100 cases $15.5 per hr. 11,400 cases $15.5 per hr. I Love My Chocolate does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company the following actual results: 0.5 hr. Dark Chocolate 4,800 Actual Price per Pound $4.6 0.55 Standard Price per Pound Actual Labor Rate $15 per hr. $4.5 0.6 Light Chocolate 11,900 Actual Pounds Purchased and Used 148,700 193,000 Actual Labor Hours Used 1,750
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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