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Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor:
During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 300,500 strips at $3.30 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 80,000 hours at $14.00 per hour. Required: 1. Break down the total variance for materials into a price variance and a usage variance using the columnar and formula approaches. Enter favorable values as negative numbers and unfavorable values as positive numbers.
2. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Suppose the Boise plant manager investigates the materials variances and is told by the purchasing manager that a cheaper source of leather strips had been discovered and that this is the reason for the favorable materials price variance. Quite pleased, the purchasing manager suggests that the materials price standard be updated to reflect this new, less expensive source of leather strips. Should the plant manager update the materials price standard as suggested? Why or why not?
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During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 43,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 110,000 strips at $3.20 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 35,000 hours at $14.50 per hour.
Required:
1. Compute the costs of leather and direct labor that should be incurred for the production of 43,000 leather belts.
Materials | $fill in the blank 1 |
Labor | $fill in the blank 2 |
2. Compute the total budget variances for materials and labor.
Total Budget Variance | ||
Materials | $fill in the blank 3 | Favorable |
Labor | $fill in the blank 5 | Unfavorable |
3. Conceptual Connection: Would you consider
these variances material with a need for investigation?
Answer 1
Part 1 | ||
Price variance | (210,350) | Favorable |
Usage variance | 98,000 | Unfavorable |
Total variance | (112,350) | Favorable |
Minus sign indicate Favorable variance. | ||
Measure | Pound | |
Standard price per Pound | $ 4.00 | |
Actual price per Pound | $ 3.30 | |
92000*3 | Standard quantity in Pounds | 276,000 |
Actual quantity purchased in Pounds | 300,500 | |
Actual quantity used in Pounds | 300,500 | |
Actual price per Pound | 3.30 | |
Less | Standard price per Pound | -4.00 |
Difference | -0.70 | |
Multiply | Actual quantity purchased in Pounds | 300500 |
Material price variance | $ (210,350) | |
Indicate | Favorable | |
Actual quantity used in Pounds | 300500 | |
Less | Standard quantity in Pounds | -276000 |
Difference | 24500 | |
Multiply | Standard price per Pound | 4.00 |
Material quantity variance | $ 98,000 | |
Indicate | Unfavorable | |
Material cost variance (Total of both varaince) | $ (112,350) | |
Indicate | Favorable |
Part 2 |
No , The suggestion of the purchasing manager is incorrect. The matierals are not available and so changes to the price standard should not be made |
Answer 2
Part 1 | |
Cost of materials (43000*12) | 516,000 |
Cost of labor (43000*9) | 387,000 |
Part 2 | ||
Materials | Labor | |
Actual costs (110000*3.20) (35000*14.50) | 352,000 | 507,500 |
Less: flexiable Budgted cost | 516,000 | 387,000 |
Total budget variance | (164,000) | 120,500 |
Indicate | Favorable | Unfavorable |
Part 3 | ||
Would you consider these variances material with a need for investigation? | Yes | |
Above variance is more significant, therefore, material should be investigated. |