In: Accounting
Question 1
Clean-It-Up manufactures industrial dryers and washers. The following information is available for February:
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Dryers |
Washers |
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Budgeted units sold |
10,000 |
40,000 |
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Actual sales (in units) |
8,820 |
33,180 |
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Actual selling price per unit |
$700 |
$900 |
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Budgeted selling price per unit |
$710 |
$930 |
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Budgeted market share |
20% |
25% |
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Actual market share |
25% |
24% |
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Budget cont. margin /unit |
$275 |
$375 |
REQUIRED:
| a | Sales Mix Variance | |||||||
| Actual units sold*(Actual Mix-Budgeted Mix)*Budgeted Contribution per unit | ||||||||
| 42000*(.21-.2)*275 | 115500 | F | ||||||
| 42000*(.79-.8)*375 | 157500 | U | ||||||
| 420000 | U | |||||||
| Sales Qty Variance | ||||||||
| (Actual unit sold-Budgeted Unit Sold)*Budgeted Mix*Budgeted Contribution per unit | ||||||||
| (42000-50000)*.2*275 | 440000 | U | ||||||
| (42000-50000)*.8*375 | 2400000 | U | ||||||
| 2840000 | U | |||||||
| b | Market Size Variance | |||||||
| (Actual Market Size-Budgeted Market Size)*Budget Market Share*Budgeted Contribution | ||||||||
| (35280-50000)*.2*275 | 809600 | U | ||||||
| (138250-160000)*.25*375 | 2039063 | U | ||||||
| 2848663 | U | |||||||
| Market share Variance | ||||||||
| Actual Market Size *(Actual Market Share-Budgeted Market Share)*Budgeted Contribution per unit | ||||||||
| 35280(.25-.2)*275 | 485100 | F | ||||||
| 138250(.24-.25)*375 | 518438 | U | ||||||
| 33338 | U | |||||||
| c | Causes of Variance | |||||||
| 1 | Less Exp on Advertisement | |||||||
| 2 | Demand of the product gets reduced | |||||||
| 3 | Sometimes there is a change in Technology | |||||||