Question 3 Owen plc manufactures one product, and the entire product is sold as soon as it is produced. The company operates a standard costing system and analysis of variances is made every month. The standard cost card for a product is as follows. Materials (4 Kg at £4.50 per Kg) Labour (5 Hours at £5 per hr) Variable overheads (5 hrs at £2 per hr) Fixed overheads (5 hrs at £3 per hr) Budgeted selling price is £75 per unit Budgeted production Budgeted sales There is no opening inventory The actual results are as follows: Sales: 8,400 units for £613,200 Production: 8,900 units Actual costs: Materials (35,464 kg): £163,455 Labour: £224,515 Variable overheads: £ 87,348 Fixed overheads: f 134 074 £ per Unit 18 25 10 15 £68 8.700 units 8,000 units

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a) Prepare a flexed budget and calculate the total variances 
b) Using the data, analyse each of the cost variances: Materials; Labour;
Variable Overheads and; Fixed Overheads 
c) Using data, calculate the Sales price variance and the Sales volume variance  

 

Question 3
Owen plc manufactures one product, and the entire product is sold as soon as it is
produced. The company operates a standard costing system and analysis of
variances is made every month. The standard cost card for a product is as follows.
Materials (4 Kg at £4.50 per kg)
Labour (5 Hours at £5 per hr)
Variable overheads (5 hrs at £2 per hr)
Fixed overheads (5 hrs at £3 per hr)
Budgeted selling price is £75 per unit
Budgeted production
Budgeted sales
There is no opening inventory
The actual results are as follows:
Sales: 8,400 units for £613,200
Production: 8,900 units
Actual costs:
Materials (35,464 kg): £163,455
Labour: £ 224,515
Variable overheads: £ 87,348
Fixed overheads: £ 134,074
£ per Unit
18
25
10
15
£68
8.700 units
8,000 units
Transcribed Image Text:Question 3 Owen plc manufactures one product, and the entire product is sold as soon as it is produced. The company operates a standard costing system and analysis of variances is made every month. The standard cost card for a product is as follows. Materials (4 Kg at £4.50 per kg) Labour (5 Hours at £5 per hr) Variable overheads (5 hrs at £2 per hr) Fixed overheads (5 hrs at £3 per hr) Budgeted selling price is £75 per unit Budgeted production Budgeted sales There is no opening inventory The actual results are as follows: Sales: 8,400 units for £613,200 Production: 8,900 units Actual costs: Materials (35,464 kg): £163,455 Labour: £ 224,515 Variable overheads: £ 87,348 Fixed overheads: £ 134,074 £ per Unit 18 25 10 15 £68 8.700 units 8,000 units
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