Milar Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Standard Quantity or Hours Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead. Standard Price or Rate 2.0 pounds 1.6 1.6 hours hours. $ 7.00 $14.00 $ 2.00 per pound per hour per hour In January the company produced 4,600 units using 10,220 pounds of the direct material and 2,200 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 10,790 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $76,670. The actual direct labor cost was $38,246 and the actual variable overhead cost was $11,947. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials price variance for January is: Multiple Choice $1,000 U $1,140 F $1,140 U $1,000 F
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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