ulia Company produces a single product. The company has set the following standards for materials and labor: Standard quantity or hours per unit Standard price or rate Direct materials ? pounds per unit $ ? per pound Direct labor 3.0 hours per unit $ 10 per hour During the past month, the company purchased 7,000 pounds of direct materials at a cost of $17,500. All of this material was used in the production of 1,300 units of product. Direct labor cost totaled $36,750 for the month. The following variances have been computed: Materials quantity variance $ 1,375 U Total materials variance $ 375 F Labor efficiency variance $ 4,000 F Required: 1. For direct materials: a. Compute the standard price per pound of materials. b. Compute the standard quantity allowed for materials for the month's production. c. Compute the standard quantity of materials allowed per unit of product.
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
Julia Company produces a single product. The company has set the following standards for materials and labor:
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Standard quantity or hours per unit |
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Standard price or rate |
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Direct materials |
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? |
pounds per unit |
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$ |
? |
per pound |
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Direct labor |
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3.0 |
hours per unit |
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$ |
10 |
per hour |
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During the past month, the company purchased 7,000 pounds of direct materials at a cost of $17,500. All of this material was used in the production of 1,300 units of product. Direct labor cost totaled $36,750 for the month. The following variances have been computed:
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Materials quantity variance |
$ |
1,375 |
U |
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Total materials variance |
$ |
375 |
F |
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Labor efficiency variance |
$ |
4,000 |
F |
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Required:
1. For direct materials:
a. Compute the standard price per pound of materials.
b. Compute the standard quantity allowed for materials for the month's production.
c. Compute the standard quantity of materials allowed per unit of product.
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