Problem 11-3 Sarah Aiken is the owner of Ceradyne Paws, a dog-grooming service. At standard, it takes 1.0 hour to groom each dog. During the month of October, it took Ceradyne Paws employees 329 hours to groom 307 dogs, at a total labor cost of $4,968. In November, employees spent 326 hours grooming 338 dogs, at a total labor cost of $5,738; in December, 328 hours were used to groom 316 dogs, at a total labor cost of $6,166. The wage rate standard for groomers is $16 per hour. (a) Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variances for each of the past three months. (Round per unit amounts to 2 decimal places and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Enter all variances as a positive number.) October November December Labor Rate Variance $ $ $ Labor Efficiency Variance $ $ $
Std | Actual | Std Rate | Actual Labour cost | |||
Hours | Hours | |||||
October | 307 | 329 | 16 | 4968 | ||
Nov | 338 | 326 | 16 | 5738 | ||
Dec | 316 | 328 | 16 | 6166 | ||
Labour rate Variance: Actual hours * Std rate - Actual labour cost | ||||||
October = 329 *16 - 4968 =296 Fav | ||||||
November = 326*16 - 5738 = 522 Unfav | ||||||
December = 328*16 - 6166 = 918 Unfav | ||||||
Labour efficiency Variance: Std rate (Std hours-Actual Hours) | ||||||
October = 16 (307-329) = 352 Unfav | ||||||
November= 16 ( 338-326) = 192 Fav | ||||||
December= 16 (316-328) = 192 Unfav | ||||||
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