Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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Chapter 10, Problem 22BEA
Control Limits
During the last 6 weeks, the actual costs of materials for Brennen Company were as follows:
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Plot the actual costs over time against the upper and lower limits. Comment on whether or not there is a need to investigate any of the variances.
Use the following information to complete Brief Exercises 10-23 and 10-24:
Krumple Inc. produces aluminum cans. Production of 12-ounce cans has a standard unit quantity of 4.7 ounces of aluminum per can. During the month of April, 450,000 cans were produced using 1,875,000 ounces of aluminum. The actual cost of aluminum was $0.10 per ounce and the standard price was $0.08 per ounce. There are no beginning or ending inventories of aluminum.
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Exercise 16-36 (Algo) Variable Cost Variances (LO 16-5)
Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing. The company carries no
inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 132,000 liters at a budgeted price of $315 per liter this
year. The standard direct cost sheet for one liter of the preservative follows.
(2 pounds @ $20)
(0.5 hours @ $56)
Direct materials
Direct labor
28
Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor hours. The variable overhead rate is $180 per direct-labor hour. The fixed overhead
rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $90 per unit. All non-manufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $2.8 million for
the coming year.
At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $942,000 unfavorable.
The following is the…
Krueger Corporation in Washington, D.C., U.S., recently implemented a standard
cost system. The company's cost accountant has gathered the following information
needed to perform a variance analysis at the end of the month:
Standard Cost Information
Direct materials....
Quantity allowed per unit .
Direct labor rate ....
Hours allowed per unit..
Fixed overhead budgeted
Normal level of production
Variable overhead application rate
Fixed overhead application rate ($12,000 _ 1,200 units) . .. 10.00 per unit
Total overhead application rate..
$5 per pound
.100 pounds per unit
$20.00 per hour
2 hours per unit
$12,000 per month
. 1,200 units
$ 2.00 per unit
$12.00 per unit
Actual Cost Information
Cost of materials purchased and used ....
Pounds of materials purchased and used.
Cost of direct labor....
$468,000
.104,000 pounds
$46,480
2,240 hours
Hours of direct labor .
anr$2,352
.$12,850
.1,000 units
Cost of variable overhead .
Cost of fixed overhead .
Volume of production .
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Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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