Chapter 4, Problem 4.18E

How much of every retail sales dollar is made up of merchandise cost on these general accounting question?

The company where Daniel works produces skateboards locally but sells them globally for $60 each. Daniel is one of the production managers in a meeting to discuss preliminary results from the year just ended. Here is the information they had in front of them: Standard Quantity per Unit Standard Price Wood 2.50 feet $4.00 per foot Wheels 5.00 wheels $0.50 per wheel Direct labor 0.30 hours $14.00 per hour Actual results: . • Quantity of wood purchased, 225,000 feet; quantity of wood used, 220,000 feet. Quantity of wheels purchased, 418,800 wheels; quantity of wheels used, 400,800 wheels. Actual cost of the wood, $4.20 per foot. Actual cost of the wheels, $0.55 per wheel. • Quantity of DL hours used, 26,400 hours; actual cost of DL hours, $15.20 per hour. Actual units produced, 80,000 skateboards. (a) Complete a variance analysis for DM (both wood and wheels) and DL, determining the price and efficiency variances for each; be sure to specify the amount and sign of each variance. DM- Wood…

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