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 7, Problem 7.37P
Possible causes for price and efficiency variances. You have been invited to interview for an internship with an international food manufacturing company. When you arrive for the interview, you are given the following information related to a fictitious Belgian chocolatier for the month of June. The chocolatier manufactures truffles in 12-piece boxes. The production is labor intensive, and the delicate nature of the chocolate requires a high degree of skill.
| Actual | |
| Boxes produced | 10,000 |
| Direct materials used in production | 2,150,000 g |
| Actual direct material cost | 60,200 euro |
| Actual direct manufacturing labor-hours | 1,100 |
| Actual direct |
12,650 euro |
| Standards | |
| Purchase price of direct materials | 0.03 euro/g |
| Materials per box | 200 g |
| Wage rate | 12 euro/hour |
| Boxes per hour | 10 |
Please respond to the following questions as if you were in an interview situation:
- 1. Calculate the materials efficiency and price variance and the wage and labor efficiency variances for the month of June.
Required
- 2. Discuss some possible causes of the variances you have calculated. Can you make any possible connection between the material and labor variances? What recommendations do you have for future improvement?
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