Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct materials: 5 pounds at $11 per pound $ 55 Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour 36 Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour 21 Total standard cost per unit $ 112 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and incurred the following costs: Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. Direct laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13 per hour. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $510,930. Questions: A) What is the labor efficiency variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.) B) What is the labor spending variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.) C) What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s planning budget for March?
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.
Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing
| Direct materials: 5 pounds at $11 per pound | $ | 55 |
| Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour | 36 | |
| Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour | 21 | |
| Total standard cost per unit | $ | 112 |
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and incurred the following costs:
- Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
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Direct laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13 per hour.
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Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $510,930.
Questions:
A) What is the labor efficiency variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.)
B) What is the labor spending variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input all amounts as positive values.)
C) What variable
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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is
applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is
as follows:
Direct materials: 5 pounds at $11 per pound
Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour
Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour
Total standard cost per unit
$ 55
36
21
$112
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units.
However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and
incurred the following costs:
a. Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this
material was used in production.
b. Direct laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13 per hour.
c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $510,930.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4069fa52-b27a-46d1-ae2b-57cc56c25309%2Fbf1e0784-6bbf-4b12-b33e-a07dca469b62%2Fxvzjy5_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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