The standard and actual cost data of M/s. ABC Company are as follows: Standard Raw Material (DM) is 5000 units @ Rs. 10 while Actual 4900 units @ Rs. 8 Standard Direct Labor (DL) is 10000 hours @ Rs. 4 while Actual 12000 Hours @ Rs. 5 Standard Factory Overhead (FOH) is 50% of Direct Labor while Actual FOH Rs. 15000 Required: A) Calculate; i. Material Price Variance and Material Quantity Variance ii. Labor rate variance and Labor time variance iii. Overhead Variance
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
The standard and actual cost data of M/s. ABC Company are as follows:
Standard Raw Material (DM) is 5000 units @ Rs. 10 while Actual 4900 units @ Rs. 8
Standard Direct Labor (DL) is 10000 hours @ Rs. 4 while Actual 12000 Hours @ Rs. 5
Standard Factory
Required:
A) Calculate;
i. Material Price Variance and Material Quantity Variance
ii. Labor rate variance and Labor time variance
iii. Overhead Variance
B) Give
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