In: Accounting
Bowie Sporting Goods manufactures sleeping bags. The manufacturing standards per sleeping bag, based on 5,000 sleeping bags per month, are as follows: Direct material of 5.50 yards at $5.25 per yard Direct labor of 3.00 hours at $19.00 per hour Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $16.00 In the month of April, the company actually produced 5,200 sleeping bags using 27,300 yards of material at a cost of $6.10 per yard. The labor used was 11,700 hours at an average rate of $16.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200. Determine the total materials variance and round to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number. Enter an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Actual DATA for |
5200 |
units |
|
Quantity (AQ) |
Rate (AR) |
Actual Cost |
|
Direct Material |
27300 yards |
$ 6.10 |
$ 166,530.00 |
Standard DATA for |
5200 |
units |
|
Quantity (SQ) |
Rate (SR) |
Standard Cost |
|
[A] |
[B] |
[A x B] |
|
Direct Material |
( 5.5 yards x 5200 units)=28600 yards |
$ 5.25 |
$ 150,150.00 |
Total Material Variance |
||||||
( |
Standard Cost |
- |
Actual Cost |
) |
||
( |
$ 150,150.00 |
- |
$ 166,530.00 |
) |
||
-16380 |
||||||
Variance |
$ 16,380.00 |
Unfavourable-U |