Sole Purpose Shoe Company Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended September 30 Manufacturing Costs Direct materials Direct labor Factory overhead Total manufacturing costs Actual Costs $ Standard Cost at Actual Volume Cost Variance - (Favorable) Unfavorable $
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.
Use the data in the following table to prepare the Budget Performance Report for Sole Purpose Shoe Company for September.
Budget Performance Report
Sarah has learned a lot from you over the past two months, and has compiled the following data for Sole Purpose Shoe Company for September using the techniques you taught her. She would like your help in preparing a Budget Performance Report for September. The company produced 2,500 pairs of shoes that required 8,750 units of material purchased at $8.20 per unit and 6,750 hours of labor at an hourly rate of $8.90 per hour during the month. Actual factory
![Manufacturing Costs
Direct materials
Direct labor
Factory overhead
Total standard cost per pair
Direct labor
Manufacturing Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials
Sole Purpose Shoe Company
Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended September 30
Factory overhead
Total manufacturing costs
Standard
Price
$8.40 per unit
$8.50 per hour
$2.70 per hour
$
Standard Cost at
Actual Volume
$
Standard
Quantity
3.60 units per pair
2.80 hours per pair
2.80 hours per pair
Cost Variance -
(Favorable)
Unfavorable
$
Standard
Cost
Per Unit
$30.24
23.80
7.56
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