Several years ago, Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning. and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system, the factory manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the information being generated by the system. A report for the company's Assembly Department for the month of March follows: Assembly Department Cost Report For the Month Ended March 31 Machine-hours Variable costs: Supplies Scrap Indirect materials Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total cost Actual Results Planning Budget Variances 15,000 20,000 $ 9,600 33,600 97,400 78,700 104,000 $ 323,300 $ 10,200 36,000 115,500 74,000 104,000 $ 339,700 $ 600 2,400 18,100 F 4,700 F 0 F U $ 16,400 F After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, "These reports are super. It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't. understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports." For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals expressed in the company's monthly budgets.
Several years ago, Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning. and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system, the factory manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the information being generated by the system. A report for the company's Assembly Department for the month of March follows: Assembly Department Cost Report For the Month Ended March 31 Machine-hours Variable costs: Supplies Scrap Indirect materials Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total cost Actual Results Planning Budget Variances 15,000 20,000 $ 9,600 33,600 97,400 78,700 104,000 $ 323,300 $ 10,200 36,000 115,500 74,000 104,000 $ 339,700 $ 600 2,400 18,100 F 4,700 F 0 F U $ 16,400 F After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, "These reports are super. It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't. understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports." For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals expressed in the company's monthly budgets.
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Transcribed Image Text:Several years ago, Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning
and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system, the factory
manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the information being generated by the system.
A report for the company's Assembly Department for the month of March follows:
Assembly Department
Cost Report
For the Month Ended March 31
Machine-hours
Variable costs:
Supplies
Scrap
Indirect materials
Fixed costs:
Wages and salaries
Equipment depreciation
Total cost
Actual Results Planning Budget Variances
15,000
20,000
$ 9,600
33,600
97,400
78,700
104,000
$ 323,300
$ 10,200
36,000
115,500
74,000
104,000
$ 339,700
$ 600
2,400
F
18,100 F
4,700
F
0
U
$ 16,400 F
After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, "These
reports are super. It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't
understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports."
For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales
goals expressed in the company's monthly budgets.

Transcribed Image Text:Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach. (Do not round your intermediate
calculations. 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.)
Machine-hours (q)
Supplies
Scrap
Indirect materials
Wages and salaries
Equipment depreciation
Total
Actual
Results
15,000
$ 9,600
33,600
97,400
78,700
104,000
$ 323,300
Westmont Corporation
Assembly Department
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended March 31
< Required 2
Flexible
Budget
Required 4 >
Planning
Budget
20,000
$ 10,200
36,000
115,500
74,000
104,000
$ 339,700
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