Question

Vitex, Inc. manufactures a popular consumer product and it has provided the following data excerpts from its standard cost system:

Inputs	(1) Standard Quantity or Hours		(2) Standard Price or Rate			Standard Cost (1) × (2)
Direct materials	2.10	pounds	$	16.80	per pound	$	35.28
Direct labor	1.00	hours	$	15.80	per hour	$	15.80
Variable manufacturing overhead	1.00	hours	$	9.40	per hour	$	9.40
Total standard cost per unit						$	60.48

	Total		Variances Reported
	Standard Cost*		Price or Rate			Quantity or Efficiency
Direct materials	$	670,320	$	12,151	F	$	33,600	U
Direct labor	$	300,200	$	4,000	U	$	15,800	U
Variable manufacturing overhead	$	178,600	$	4,200	F	$	?†	U

*Applied to Work in Process during the period.

The company's manufacturing overhead cost is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours. All of the materials purchased during the period were used in production. Work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.

Required:

1. How many units were produced last period?

2. How many pounds of direct material were purchased and used in production?

3. What was the actual cost per pound of material? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

4. How many actual direct labor-hours were worked during the period?

5. What was the actual rate paid per direct labor-hour? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

6. How much actual variable manufacturing overhead cost was incurred during the period?

Answer 1

1. Units produced last period = $670320 / 35.28 = 19000 units

2. Material Quantity Variance = Actual Quantity x Standard Price - Standard Cost
$33600 = Actual Quantity x $16.80 - $670320
Actual Quantity purchased = 41900 pounds

3. Material Price Variance = (Actual price - Standard Price) x Actual Quantity
($12151) = (Actual Price - $16.80) x 41900
Actual Price = $16.51 per pound

4. Direct Labor efficiency variance = Actual hours x Standard price - Standard Cost
$15800 = Actual hours x $15.80 - $300200
Actual hours used = 20000 hours

5. Direct Labor Rate Variance = (Actual rate - Standard rate) x Actual hours
$4000 = (Actual Rate - $15.80) x 20000
Actual Rate = $16 per hour

6. Variable Overhead rate variance = (Actual rate - Standard rate) x Actual hours
($4200) = (Actual Rate - $9.40) x 20000
Actual Rate = $9.19 per hour

Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost = 20000 x $9.19 = $183800