Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.27E
Variance analysis, multiple products. Emcee Inc. manufactures and sells two fruit drinks: Kostor and Limba. Budgeted and actual results for 2017 are as follows:
- 1. Compute the total sales-volume variance, the total sales-mix variance, and the total sales-quantity variance. (Calculate all variances in terms of contribution margin.) Show results for each product in your computations.
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- 2. What inferences can you draw from the variances computed in requirement 1?
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1. Compute the total sales-volume variance, the total sales-mix variance, and
the total sales-quantity variance. (Calculate all variances in terms of
contribution margin.) Show results for each product in your computations.
2. What inferences can you draw from the variances computed in
requirement 1?
Data table
Budget for 2020
Selling Variable Cost Cartons
Product Price per Carton Sold
Kostor $11.00 $
Limba $ 23.00 $
6.40
16.15
Actual for 2020
Selling Variable Cost Cartons
Price per Carton Sold
7.40 138,600
16.35 59,400
132,000 $11.60 S
88,000 $ 24.40 $
Variance analysis, multiple products. Emcee Inc. manufactures and sells two fruit drinks: Kostor and Limba. Budgeted and actual results for 2017 are as follows:
The Soda Shoppe manufactures and sells three soft drinks: Kola, Lima, and Oranga. Budgeted and actual results for 2022 are as follows:
(Click the icon to view the budgeted data.)
(Click the icon to view the actual data.)
Required
1. Compute the total sales-volume variance, the total sales-mix variance, and the total sales-quantity variance. (Calculate all variances in terms of contribution margin.) Show results for each product in your computations.
2. What inferences can you draw from the variances computed in requirement 1?
Requirement 1. Compute the total sales-volume variance, the total sales-mix variance, and the total sales-quantity variance. (Calculate all variances in terms of contribution margin.) Show results for each product in your computations.
Begin by computing the actual contribution margins (CM). Then, compute the budgeted contribution margins in dollars for each product and in total for 2022.
Actual CM
Kola
Lima
Oranga
Total
Budgeted data
Kola
Lima
Oranga
Budget for…
Chapter 14 Solutions
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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