The Chen Corporation manufactures and sells two products: Thingone and Thingtwo. In July 2016, Chen's budget department gathered the following data to prepare budgets for 2017: 2017 Projected Sales Units Product Price $160 S758 Thingone Thingtwo 69,000 44,000 2017 Inventories in Units Expected Target January 1, 2017 Product December 31, 2017 Thingone Thingtwo 29,000 24,000 7,000 8,000 The following direct materials are used in the two products: Amount Used per Unit Direct Material Unit Thingone Thingtwo pound pound each Projected data for 2017 for direct materials are: Expected Inventories January 1, 2017 36,000 Ib. 31,000 Ib. 9,000 units Target Inventories December 31, 2017 Direct Material Anticipated Purchase Price $13 38,000 lb. 34,000 lb. 12,000 units Projected direct manufacturing labor requirements and rates for 2017 are: Product Hours per Unit Rate per Hour $13 Thingone Thingtwo 18 Manufacturing overhead is allocated at the rate of $24 per direct manufacturing labor-hour.
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.
Based on the preceding projections and budget requirements for Thingone and Thingtwo, prepare the following budgets for 2017:
*Direct material purchases budget (in dollars)
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