Black Diamond Company produces snow skis. Each ski requires 2 pounds of carbon fiber. The company’s management predicts that 5,200 skis and 6,200 pounds of carbon fiber will be in inventory on June 30 of the current year and that 152,000 skis will be sold during the next (third) quarter. A set of two skis sells for $320. Management wants to end the third quarter with 3,700 skis and 4,200 pounds of carbon fiber in inventory. Carbon fiber can be purchased for $17 per pound. Each ski requires 0.4 hours of direct labor at $22 per hour. Variable overhead is applied at the rate of $10 per direct labor hour. The company budgets fixed overhead of $1,784,000 for the quarter.
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.
oblem 22-1A Manufacturing: Preparing production and manufacturing budgets LO P1
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Black Diamond Company produces snow skis. Each ski requires 2 pounds of carbon fiber. The company’s management predicts that 5,200 skis and 6,200 pounds of carbon fiber will be in inventory on June 30 of the current year and that 152,000 skis will be sold during the next (third) quarter. A set of two skis sells for $320. Management wants to end the third quarter with 3,700 skis and 4,200 pounds of carbon fiber in inventory. Carbon fiber can be purchased for $17 per pound. Each ski requires 0.4 hours of direct labor at $22 per hour. Variable
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