Schiffer Corporation manufactures agricultural machinery. At a recent staff meeting, the following direct-labor variance report for the year just ended was presented by the controller. January February March April May June July August September October November December SCHIFFER CORPORATION Direct-Labor Variance Report Direct-Labor Rate. Variance Amount $ 800 F 4,900 F 100 U 2,000 U 3,800 F 3,900 F 4,200 F 5,100 F 4,800 F 5,700 F 4,200 F 4,300 F Standard Cost, % 0.16% 0.98% 0.02% 0.40% 0.76% 0.78% 0.84% 1.02% 0.96% 1.14% Direct-Labor Efficiency Variance Standard Cost, % Amount $5,000 U 7,500 U 9,700 U 12,800 U 20,100 U 17,000 U 28,500 U 38,000 U 37,000 U 42,000 U 0.84% 60,000 U 0.86% 52,000 U 1.00% 1.50% 1.94% 2.56% 4.02% 3.40% 5.70% 7.60% 7.40% 8.40% 12.00% 10.40% Schiffer's controller uses the following rule of thumb: Investigate all variances equal to or greater than $30,000, which is 6 percent of standard cost.
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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Which variances would have been investigated during the year? (Indicate month and type of variance.)
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