Standard-costing with beginning and ending work in process. Lawrence Company is a manufac- turer of contemporary door handles. The vice president of Design attends home shows twice a year so the company can keep current with home trends. Because of its volume, Lawrence uses process costing to account for production. Costs and output figures for August are as follows: Lawrence Company's Process Costing for the Month Ended August 31, 2017 Units Direct Materials Conversion Costs $ 5.75 $ 86,250 Standard cost per unit 12.25 $ 55,125 Work in process, beginning inventory (Aug. 1) Degree of completion of beginning work in process Started in August Completed and transferred out Work in process, ending inventory (Aug. 31) Degree of completion of ending work in process Total costs added during August 15,000 100% 30% 100,000 95,000 20,000 100% 80% $569,000 $1,307,240
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.
Compute the total August variances for direct materials and conversion costs.
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