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Problem 9-18 Comprehensive Variance Analysis [LO9-4, LO9-5, LO9-6]
Miller Toy Company manufactures a plastic swimming pool at its Westwood Plant. The plant has been experiencing problems as shown by its June contribution format income statement below:
Flexible Budget | Actual | ||||||
Sales (8,000 pools) | $ | 240,000 | $ | 240,000 | |||
Variable expenses: | |||||||
Variable cost of goods sold* | 94,000 | 112,470 | |||||
Variable selling expenses |
10,000 |
10,000 | |||||
Total variable expenses |
104,000 |
122,470 | |||||
Contribution margin |
136,000 |
117,530 | |||||
Fixed expenses: | |||||||
Manufacturing overhead | 55,000 | 55,000 | |||||
Selling and administrative | 70,000 | 70,000 | |||||
Total fixed expenses |
125,000 |
125,000 | |||||
Net operating income (loss) | $ | 11,000 | $ |
(7,470 |
) | ||
*Contains direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead.
Janet Dunn, who has just been appointed general manager of the Westwood Plant, has been given instructions to “get things under control.” Upon reviewing the plant’s income statement, Ms. Dunn has concluded that the major problem lies in the variable cost of goods sold. She has been provided with the following standard cost per swimming pool:
Standard Quantity or Hours | Standard Price or Rate |
Standard Cost | ||||
Direct materials | 3.5 pounds | $ |
2.50 |
per pound | $ | 8.75 |
Direct labor | 0.4 hours | $ |
6.50 |
per hour | 2.60 | |
Variable manufacturing overhead | 0.2 hours* | $ |
2.00 |
per hour |
0.40 |
|
Total standard cost per unit | $ | 11.75 | ||||
*Based on machine-hours.
During June the plant produced 8,000 pools and incurred the following costs:
Used 27,800 pounds of materials in production. (Finished goods and work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.)
Worked 3,800 direct labor-hours at a cost of $6.20 per hour.
Incurred variable manufacturing overhead cost totaling $4,560 for the month. A total of 1,900 machine-hours was recorded.
It is the company’s policy to close all variances to cost of goods sold on a monthly basis.
Required:
1. Compute the following variances for June:
a. Materials price and quantity variances.
b. Labor rate and efficiency variances.
c. Variable overhead rate and efficiency variances.
2. Summarize the variances that you computed in (1) above by showing the net overall favorable or unfavorable variance for the month.
1.
Material price variance = (Actual price - Standard price) * Actual quantity
Material price variance = ($2.95 - $2.50) * 33,000 = $14,850 Unfavorable
Material quantity variance = (Standard quantity - Actual quantity) * Standard price
Material quantity variance = (8,000*3.5 - 27,800) * $2.50
Material quantity variance = (28,000 - 27,800) * $2.50 = $500 Favorable
Labor rate variance = (Actual rate - Standard rate) * Actual hours
Labor rate variance = ($6.20 - $6.50) * 3,800 = $1,140 Favorable
Labor efficiency variance = (Standard hours - Actual hours) * Standard rate
Labor efficiency variance = (8,000*0.4 - 3,800) * $6.50
Labor efficiency variance = (3,200 - 3,800) * $6.50 = $3,900 Unfavorable
Variable overhead rate variance = (Actual rate - Standard rate) * Actual hours
Variable overhead rate variance = ($4,560/1,900 - $2) * 1,900
Variable overhead rate variance = ($2.4 - $2) * 1,900 = $760 Unfavorable
Variable overhead efficiency variance = (Standard hours - Actual hours) * Standard rate
Variable overhead efficiency variance = (8,000*0.2 - 1,900) * $2
Variable overhead efficiency variance = (1,600 - 1,900) * $2 = $600 Unfavorable
2.
Material price variance | $14,850 | U |
Material quantity variance | 500 | F |
Labor rate variance | 1,140 | F |
Labor efficiency variance | 3,900 | U |
Variable overhead rate variance | 760 | U |
Variable overhead efficiency variance | 600 | U |
Net overall variance | $18,470 | U |