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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Santiago 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 78,000 units of product were as follows:

Line Item Description Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 195,000 lbs. at $5.50 per lb. 193,100 lbs. at $5.40 per lb.
Direct labor 19,500 hrs. at $16.80 per hr. 19,950 hrs. at $17.10 per hr.
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 20,350 direct labor hrs.:  
Factory overhead    Variable cost, $2.90 $55,980 variable cost
Factory overhead    Fixed cost, $4.60 $93,610 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

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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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance
Direct Materials Price Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Direct Materials Quantity Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Total Direct Materials Cost Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance
Direct Labor Rate Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Direct Labor Time Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Total Direct Labor Cost Variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance
Variable factory overhead controllable variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Fixed factory overhead volume variance  

FavorableUnfavorable

Total factory overhead cost variance
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