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ISBN: 8220103613811

Author: TIETZ

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 11, Problem 11.23AE

Calculate the material and labor variances (Learning Objectives 2 & 3)

Boat Guard, which used a standard cost accounting system, manufactured 210,000 boat fenders during the year, using 1,780,000 feet of extruded vinyl purchased at $1.30 per foot. Production required 4,900 direct labor hours that cost $13.00 per hour. The materials standard was 8 feet of vinyl per fender at a standard cost of $1.40 per foot. The labor standard was 0.024 direct labor hour per fender at a standard cost of $12.00 per hour.

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1. Compute the price and quantity variances for direct materials. Compute the rate and efficiency variances for direct labor.
2. Does the pattern of variances suggest that the company’s managers have been making trade-offs? Explain.

Definition Definition System of assigning an estimated cost to the product (instead of the actual cost) so that the product cost can be determined well in advance and the pricing of the product can be done on time. Since the actual cost cannot be predicted at the initial stage of the production process, the estimated cost is recorded in the books. Any deviation of the estimated cost of the actual cost is adjusted in the books at the end of the period.

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Solution Summary: The author explains the direct material price variance and the indirect material quantity variance. They also explain how much of the variance is due to using large or small quantities of direct materials than expected.

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