Western Trucking operates a fleet of delivery trucks. The fixed expenses to operate the fleet are $79,900 in March and rose to $93,120 in April. It costs Western Trucking $0.15 per mile in variable costs. In March, the delivery trucks were driven a total of 85,000 miles, and in April, they were driven a total of 96,000 miles.

Birch Company normally produces and sells 47,000 units of RG-6 each month. The selling price is $20 per unit, variable costs are $10 per unit, fixed manufacturing overhead costs total $200,000 per month, and fixed selling costs total $40,000 per month.   Employment-contract strikes in the companies that purchase the bulk of the RG-6 units have caused Birch Company’s sales to temporarily drop to only 9,000 units per month. Birch Company estimates that the strikes will last for two months, after which time sales of RG-6 should return to normal. Due to the current low level of sales, Birch Company is thinking about closing down its own plant during the strike, which would reduce its fixed manufacturing overhead costs by $41,000 per month and its fixed selling costs by 10%. Start-up costs at the end of the shutdown period would total $13,000. Because Birch Company uses Lean Production methods, no inventories are on hand.   Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) if…

Javon Company set standards of 2 hours of direct labor per unit at a rate of $15.10 per hour. During October, the company actually uses 11,000 hours of direct labor at a $168,300 total cost to produce 5,700 units. In November, the company uses 15,000 hours of direct labor at a $230,250 total cost to produce 6,100 units of product.AH = Actual HoursSH = Standard HoursAR = Actual RateSR = Standard Rate(1) Compute the direct labor rate variance, the direct labor efficiency variance, and the total direct labor variance for each of these two months.(2) Javon investigates variances of more than 5% of actual direct labor cost. Which direct labor variances will the company investigate further?

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