Pfeifer Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men\'s suits. The co
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Pfeifer Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men's suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2011, 11,200 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.Cost Element
Standard (per unit)
Actual
Direct materials 8 yards at $4.30 per yard $371,050 for 90,500 yards
($4.10 per yard)
Direct labor 1.2 hours at $13.50 per hour $201,630 for 14,300 hours
($14.10 per hour)
Overhead 1.2 hours at $6.00 per hour $49,000 fixed overhead
(fixed $3.50; variable $2.50) $37,000 variable overhead
Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $49,000, and budgeted variable overhead was $35,000.
Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for (1) materials and (2) labor.
Total materials variance $
Materials price variance $
Materials quantity variance $
Total labor variance $
Labor price variance $
Labor quantity variance $
Compute the total overhead variance
Explanation / Answer
Total materials variance (10.4 x $5.59 x 11,205) - $627,075 $24,339 favaorable
Materials price variance ($5.33 - $5.59) x 117,650 yards $30,589Favorable
Materials quantity variance [117,650 - (10.4 x 11,205)] x $5.59 $6,250Unfavaorable
Total labor variance (1.2 x $17.55 x 11,205) - $262,852 $26,875Unfavorable
Labor price variance [($18.33 - $17.55) x 14,340 $11,185Unfavorable
Labor quantity variance [14,340 - (1.2 x 11,205) x $17.55 $15,690Unfavorable
You will note Total material variance is sum of Materialsprice variance and Materials quantity variance i.e
$24,339(F) = $30,589(F) - $6,250(U)
similarly Total labor variance is sum Labor price variance andLabor quantity variance i.e.
$26,875(U) = $11,185(U) + $15,690(U)
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