Question

1. The Master (Static) budget for Alex Thomsen, Inc. is presented below. For June, Alex Thomsen, Inc. manufactured and sold 920 units for $835. During this month the company incurred $460,000 total variable expenses and $180,000 total fixed expenses.
   1. Required
      1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for June including all variances.

         Master (Static) Budget

Units	1,000
Sales	$800,000
Variable costs	450,000
Contribution margin	$350,000
Fixed costs	150,000
Operating income	$200,000

2. Alex Thomsen, Inc. used 3,450 pounds of aluminum in June to manufacture 920 units. The company paid $28.50 per pound during the month to purchase aluminum. On June 1, the company had 50 pounds of aluminum on hand. At the end of June, the company had only 30 pounds of aluminum in its warehouse. Thomsen used 4,340 direct labor hours in June, at an average cost of $41.50 per hour.  The standard for aluminum is 4 pounds per unit at a standard cost of $25.00 per pound. The standard for direct labor is 5 hours per unit at a standard rate of $40 per hour.
   1. Compute for June, Alex Thomsen’s Inc.’s
      1. Purchase price variance for aluminum
      2. Direct labor rate and efficiency variance
   2. Thomsen deployed new strategies for both aluminum and labor. For aluminum and labor they invested in better inputs. Did management make good decisions? Please Show All of your work

Answer 1

Answer :

(a).

Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month of June
	Actual results	Revenue and spending variance		Flexible Budget	Activity variance		Master budget
Units	920			920			1,000
Sales	$768,200	$32,200	F	$736,000(920*$800,000/1,000)	$64,000	U	$800,000
Variable cost	460,000	46,000	U	414,000(920*$450,000/1,000)	36,000	F	450,000
Contribution margin	308,200	13,800	U	322,000	28,000	F	350,000
Fixed costs	180,000	30,000	U	150,000	0		150,000
Operating income	$128,200	$43,800	U	$172,000	$28,000	U	$200,000

(b).

(i). Purchase price variance = Actual quantity*Standard price - Actual quantity*Actual price

Actual quantity purchased = 3450+30-50 = 3430 units

Purchase price variance = 3,430*$25 - 3,430*$28.50

Purchase price variance = $85,750 - 97,755 = $12,005 Unfavorable

Material usage variance = Standard quantity*Standard price - Actual quantity*Standard price

Material usage variance = 920*4*$25 - 3,450*$25

Material usage variance = $92,000 - 86,250 = $5,750 Favorable

Direct labor rate variance = Actual hours*Standard rate - Actual hours*Actual rate

Direct labor rate variance = 4,340*$40 - 4,340*$41.50

Direct labor rate variance = $173,600 - 180,110 = $6,510 Unfavorable

Direct labor efficiency variance = Standard hours*Standard rate - Actual hours*Standard rate

Direct labor efficiency variance = 920*5*$40 - 4,340*$40

Direct labor efficiency variance = $184,000 - 173,600 = $10,400 Favorable

(ii). No, management did not make good decision as both the purchase price variance for aluminium and labor rate variance are unfavorable.