In: Accounting
Assume that during the past m onth, Fineway produced 10,000
cartons of highlighters. Highlighters has a translucent barrel and
cap with a visible ink supply for see through colour. The special
fluorescent ink is fade and water resistance. Each carton contains
100 boxes of markers and each box contains five markers. The
markers come in boxes of one of five fluorescent colours- orange,
blue, yellow, green and pink and in a fivc colour set. The standard
cost for one carton of 500 markers is as follows: Standard
Manufacturing Cost Elements Quantity Price Cost Direct materials
Tips (boxes of 500 Translucent barrels and caps (boxes of 500
Fluorescent ink (5 litre container) x $o.03 X $O.09 = $45.00 X
$6.40 $32.00 500 $15.00 500 Slitre Total direct material = $92.00
Direct labour 0.25 hours X $9.00 $2.25 0.25 hours X $48.00 $12.00 =
$106.25 Overhead Total cost of production During the month, the
following transactions occurred in manufacturing 10,000 cartons of
highlighters: 1) Purchased 10,000 boxes of tips for $148,000,
($14.80 per 500 tips), Purchased 10,200 boxes of translucent
barrels and caps for $453,900 ($44.50 per 500 barrels and caps) and
purchased 9,900 containers of fluorescent ink for $328,185 ( $33.15
per five litre container). 2) All materials purchased during the
period were used to make markers during the period. 3) A total of
2,300 direct labour hours were worked at a total labour cost of
$20, 240 ( an average hourly rate of $8.80) 4) The variable
manufacturing overhead incurred was $34,600 and the fixed overhead
incurred was $84,000 5) The manufacturing overhead rate of $48.00
is based on a normal capacity of 2,600 direct labour hours. The
total budget at this capacity is $83,980 fixed and $40,820
variable. Required;
a) Calculate the total actual cost incurred
b) Calculate the total standard costs for the actual quantity
produced
Using the same data in question 3 answer the following
questions:
a) Calculate the total direct material variances (price and
volume/quantity)
B) Calculate direct labour variances (Rate and efficiency)
c) Calculate the total overhead variance (Fixed and variable
overhead)
D) Determine whether Fineway met its price and quantity objectives
for materials, labour and
overhead.
(For the variances calculated you should indicate if it is
favourable (F) or unfavourable (U))