Question

Budget Performance Report

Genie in a Bottle Company (GBC) manufactures plastic two-liter bottles for the beverage industry. The cost standards per 100 two-liter bottles are as follows:

Cost Category		Standard Cost per 100 Two-Liter Bottles
Direct labor			$1.28
Direct materials			5.8
Factory overhead			0.4
	Total		$7.48

At the beginning of July, GBC management planned to produce 460,000 bottles. The actual number of bottles produced for July was 496,800 bottles. The actual costs for July of the current year were as follows:

Cost Category		Actual Cost for the Month Ended July 31
Direct labor						$6,232
Direct materials						28,123
Factory overhead						2,007
	Total					$36,362

Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

a. Prepare the July manufacturing standard cost budget (direct labor, direct materials, and factory overhead) for WBC, assuming planned production.

Genie in a Bottle Company
Manufacturing Cost Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
	Standard Cost at Planned Volume (460,000 Bottles)
Manufacturing costs:
Direct labor	$
Direct materials
Factory overhead
Total	$

b. Prepare a budget performance report for manufacturing costs, showing the total cost variances for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead for July. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Genie in a Bottle Company
Manufacturing Costs-Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended March 31
	Actual Costs	Standard Cost at Actual Volume (496,800 Bottles)	Cost Variance- (Favorable) Unfavorable
Manufacturing costs:
Direct labor	$	$	$
Direct materials
Factory overhead
Total manufacturing cost	$	$	$

c. The Company's actual costs were $798.64 than budgeted. direct labor and direct material cost variances more than offset a small factory overhead cost variance.

Answer 1

Manufacturing Cost Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
Standard Cost at
Planned Volume
(460,000 Bottles)
Manufacturing costs:
Direct labor	460000*1.28/100	5,888.00
Direct materials	5.8*460000/100	26,680.00
Factory overhead	460000/100*.4	1,840.00
Total		34,408.00
Genie in a Bottle Company
Manufacturing Costs-Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended March 31
		Standard Cost	Cost
		at Actual	Variance-
		Volume (496,800	(Favorable)
	Actual	Bottles)	Unfavorable
	Costs
Manufacturing costs:
Direct labor		496800/100*1.28
	6232	6359.04	-127.04
Direct materials		5.8*496800/100
	28123	28814.4	-691.4
Factory overhead		.4*496800/100
	2007	1987.2	19.8
Total manufacturing cost	36362	37160.64	-798.64
There is a favourable manufacturing cost variance of $798.64