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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 70,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 231,000 lbs. at $4.90 228,700 lbs. at $4.80
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $17.90 17,900 hrs. at $18.30
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.00 $69,300 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.30 $115,038 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance $
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $

b. 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.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $
Direct Labor Time Variance $
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $

c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 70,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 203,000 lbs. at $5.20 201,000 lbs. at $5.10
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $18.50 17,900 hrs. at $18.70
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.90 $67,570 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.20 $113,212 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Material Price Variance $
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $

b. 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.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $
Direct Labor Time Variance $
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 6,400 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 8,300 lb. at $6.00 8,200 lb. at $5.80
Direct labor 1,600 hrs. at $18.70 1,640 hrs. at $19.00
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 1,670 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.70 $7,440 variable cost
Fixed cost, $7.40 $12,358 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Price variance $
Quantity variance $
Total direct materials cost variance $

b. 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 $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 70,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 238,000 lbs. at $5.20 235,600 lbs. at $5.10
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $17.00 17,900 hrs. at $17.20
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.60 $79,700 variable cost
Fixed cost, $7.30 $133,298 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Material Price Variance $
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $

b. 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.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $
Direct Labor Time Variance $
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 6,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 7,800 lb. at $4.90 7,700 lb. at $4.70
Direct labor 1,500 hrs. at $17.90 1,530 hrs. at $18.30
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 1,560 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.40 $5,050 variable cost
Fixed cost, $5.40 $8,424 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct materials price variance $
Direct materials quantity variance
Total direct materials cost variance $

b. 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.

Direct labor rate variance $
Direct labor time variance
Total direct labor cost variance $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 6,400 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 8,300 lb. at $4.90 8,200 lb. at $4.70
Direct labor 1,600 hrs. at $17.40 1,640 hrs. at $17.60
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 1,670 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $3.30 $5,230 variable cost
Fixed cost, $5.20 $8,684 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Price variance $
Quantity variance $
Total direct materials cost variance $

b. 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 $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Eastern Polymers, Inc., processes a base...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Eastern Polymers, Inc., processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 6,400 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 8,300 lbs. at $5.4 8,200 lbs. at $5.3
Direct labor 1,600 hrs. at $16.1 1,640 hrs. at $16.4
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 1,670 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.8 $7,600 variable cost
Fixed cost, $7.6 $12,692 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Price variance $_________ Favorable
Quantity variance $______ Favorable
Total direct materials cost variance $____ Favorable

b. 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 $______ Unfavorable
Time variance $______ Unfavorable
Total direct labor cost variance $______ Unfavorable

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $_____ Favorable
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $_____ Unfavorable
Total factory overhead cost variance $_____ Unfavorable

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 70,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 217,000 lbs. at $5.20 214,800 lbs. at $5.10
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $16.70 17,900 hrs. at $16.90
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.30 $74,500 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.80 $124,168 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance
Direct Materials Quantity Variance
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance

b. 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.

Direct Labor Rate Variance
Direct Labor Time Variance
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance

c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance
Fixed factory overhead volume variance
Total factory overhead cost variance

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 4,800 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 6,200 lb. at $4.90 6,100 lb. at $4.80
Direct labor 1,200 hrs. at $16.70 1,230 hrs. at $17.10
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 1,250 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.50 $5,350 variable cost
Fixed cost, $7.10 $8,875 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct materials price variance $
Direct materials quantity variance
Total direct materials cost variance $

b. 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.

Direct labor rate variance $
Direct labor time variance
Total direct labor cost variance $

c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical...

Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 70,000 units of product were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 210,000 lbs. at $5.30 207,900 lbs. at $5.20
Direct labor 17,500 hrs. at $17.50 17,900 hrs. at $17.70
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal
capacity of 18,260 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.30 $74,500 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.80 $124,168 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance $
Direct Materials Quantity Variance $
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $

b. 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.

Direct Labor Rate Variance $
Direct Labor Time Variance $
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $

c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $
Fixed factory overhead volume variance $
Total factory overhead cost variance $

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