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Direct Labor Variances
The following data relate to labor cost for production of 3,200 cellular telephones:
Actual: | 2,190 hrs. at $15.80 | |
Standard: | 2,160 hrs. at $16.10 |
a. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Rate variance | $ | |
Time variance | $ | |
Total direct labor cost variance | $ |
b. The employees may have been less-experienced or poorly trained, thereby resulting in a labor rate than planned. The lower level of experience or training may have resulted in efficient performance. Thus, the actual time required was than standard.