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ISBN: 9780134128528

Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 11, Problem 11.5SE

Calculate direct material variances when the quantity purchased differs from the quantity used (Learning Objective 2)

Mitchell Products manufactures faux boulders to be used in various landscaping applications. A special resin is used to make the boulders. The standard quantity of resin used for each boulder is 2 pounds. Mitchell Products uses a standard cost of $1.80 per pound for the resin. The company produced 11,000 boulders in June. In that month, 21,750 pounds of resin were purchased at a total cost of $43,500. A total of 21,500 pounds were used in producing the boulders in June.

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1. Calculate the direct material price variance.
2. Calculate the direct material quantity variance.

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 how direct material price variance tells managers how much of the total variance is due to paying higher or lower price than expected for the direct materials purchased.

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