In: Accounting
Williams Ltd. manufactures and sells soaps. production. The company operates a standard costing system. The standard cost card for the product is as follows:
Direct material 1kg @ $8.00 per kg. $ 8.00
Direct labour 3hrs @ $4.50 per hr. $13.50
variable overhead 3hrs @ $0.50 per hr. $ 1.50
Fixed overhead 3hrs @ $7.40 per hr. $22.20
Budgeted output for the month of October 2019 was 6,500 units.
Actual results for October were as follows.
Production: 7 100 units
Materials consumed in production 7 500 kg @ $58 500
Labour hours 19 100 @ $89 700
Variable overheads $9 800
Fixed overheads $146 900
Required:
A. Calculate the following variances:
(a). Material price
(b) Material usage
(c). Labour rate
(d) Labour efficiency
(e). Variable overhead expenditure
A. Material Price Variance
* Actual Price = $58500/7500 = $7.8
B. Material Usage Variance
C. Labour Rate Variance
D. Labour Efficiency Variance
E. Variable overhead expenditure variance