In: Accounting
Question 1
Clean-It-Up manufactures industrial dryers and washers. The following information is available for February:
Dryers |
Washers |
|
Budgeted units sold |
10,000 |
40,000 |
Actual sales (in units) |
8,820 |
33,180 |
Actual selling price per unit |
$700 |
$900 |
Budgeted selling price per unit |
$710 |
$930 |
Budgeted market share |
20% |
25% |
Actual market share |
25% |
24% |
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 |