Sweetwater Company manufactures two products, Mountain Mist and Valley Stream. The company prepares its master budget on the basis of standard costs. The following data are for March. Standards Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead (per direct labor-hour) Fixed overhead (per month) Expected activity (direct labor-hours) Actual results Mountain Mist 3 ounces at $14.70 per ounce 5 hours at $60.30 per hour $48 $360,905 6,550 Valley Stream 4 ounces at $17.30 per ounce 6 hours at $79 per hour $53.30 $399,360 7,800
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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![Problem 16-73 (Algo) Comprehensive Variance Problem (LO 16-5, 6)
Sweetwater Company manufactures two products, Mountain Mist and Valley Stream. The company prepares its master budget on the
basis of standard costs. The following data are for March.
Standards
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead (per direct labor-hour)
Fixed overhead (per month)
Expected activity (direct labor-hours)
Actual results
Direct material (purchased and used)
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Units produced (actual)
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Mountain Mist
Price Variance
U
U
Required:
a. Prepare a variance analysis for each variable cost for each product.
b. Prepare a fixed overhead variance analysis for each product.
(For all requirements, Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or
"U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)
Mountain Mist
3 ounces at $14.70 per ounce
5 hours at $60.30 per hour
$48
$360,905
6,550
Price Variance
3,900 ounces at $14.30 per ounce
4,980 hours at $62.75 per hour
Efficiency Variance
U
$260,550
$324,950
1,080 units
Production Volume
Variance
U
Valley Stream
Price Variance
|U
U
Valley Stream
4 ounces at $17.30 per ounce
6 hours at $79 per hour
$53.30
$399,360
7,800
4,800 ounces at $19.25 per ounce
7,490 hours at $83.60 per hour
$386,510
$399, 200
1,230 units
Price Variance
F
Efficiency Variance
F
U
U
Production Volume
Variance
U](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F902b6328-d5d0-4c0b-8290-aafdf8186a48%2Facfb8b5a-d2f2-4b39-903b-d1b78fef1a28%2F8ogocjyc_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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