Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis
Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 74,000 units of product were as follows:
Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 214,600 lbs. at $5.00 212,500 lbs. at $4.80
Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $17.70 18,930 hrs. at $17.90
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 19,310 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.90 $71,430 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.20 $119,722 fixed cost
Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.
Required: a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Direct Materials Price Variance $ -42,500 Favorable
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $ -10,500 Favorable
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $ -53,000 Favorable
b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Direct Labor Rate Variance $ 3,786 Unfavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance $ 7,611 Unfavorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $ 11,397 Unfavorable
c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Variable factory overhead controllable variance $ ?? Favorable
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $ ?? Unfavorable
Total factory overhead cost variance $ ?? Unfavorable
(c)
Calculation of Overheads Variances-
Variable factory overhead controllable variance=
(Standard Hours*Standard Rate)-Actual cost
= (18,500 lbs.*$3.90)-$71,430
= -$720 Favorable
Fixed factory overhead volume variance =
Normal Capacity at 100% = 19,310 hours
Standard hours for actual production = 18,500 hours
Capacity not utilized = 810 hours
Standard fixed factory overhead cost = $6.20
Variance = 810*6.20
= $5,022 Unfavorable
Total factory overhead cost variance= Variable factory overhead controllable variance + Fixed factory overhead volume variance
= -$720+$5,022
= $4,302 Unfavorable
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