Schell Company manufactures automobile floor mats. It currently has two product lines, the Standard and the Deluxe. Schell has a total of $26,240 in overhead. It currently uses a traditional cost system with overhead applied to the product on the basis of either labor hours or machine hours. Schell has compiled the following information about possible cost drivers and its two product lines: Quantity/Amount Consumed by Standard Floor Mat Line Quantity/Amount Consumed by Deluxe Floor Mat Line Schell Company Total 1,080 labor hours 7,030 machine hours 630 labor hours 450 labor hours 2,970 machine hours 4,060 machine hours Required: 1. Suppose Schell uses a traditional costing system with direct labor hours as the cost driver. Determine the amount of overhead assigned to each product line. 2. Suppose Schell uses a traditional costing system with machine hours as the cost driver. Determine the amount of overhead acciano ling
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.
I got both answers wrong. I found the activity rate by dividing $26,240 by each of the totals. For labor hrs I got 24.2963 and for machine hrs I got 3.7326.
Then I took each of the activity rates and multiplied by each labor/machine hrs for each product. Added that up to get each total but I got it wrong.
Please help.
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