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Highland Company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college st

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Question

Highland Company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. Standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below:

$?      

      Overhead is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours. During March, 525 backpacks were manufactured and sold. Selected information relating to the month's production is given below:

a)What is the standard cost of a single backpack? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

  Standard cost for March Production:

          Materials                                          ___________

          Direct Labor                                     __________

          Variable manuf overhead               ___________

          Total standard cost

            Number of backpacks produced    __________

           Standard cost of a single backpack __________

        

b)What was the actual cost per backpack produced during March? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Standard cost of a single backpack                            _________

Deduct difference between standard and actual cost _________

Actual cost per backpack                                            _________

c)How many yards of material are required at standard per backpack? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Total standard cost of materials allowed during March _________

Number of backpacks produced during March              _________

Standard materials cost per backpack                          _________

Standard materials cost per yard                                  _________

Number of yards per backpack                                     _________

d)What was the direct materials price variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Materials price variance      __________    ___________

Materials quantity variance __________     __________

Spending bariance               _________      __________

What is the standard direct labor rate per hour? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Standard variable manufacturing overhead cost for March               ___________

Standard variable manufacturing overhead rate per direct labor-hour ___________

Standard direct labor-hours for March                                                   __________

Standard direct labor cost for March                                                     __________

Standard direct labor rate per hour                                                      ___________

What was the direct labor rate variance for March? The direct labor efficiency variance? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

What was the variable overhead rate variance for March? The variable overhead efficiency variance?(Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Prepare a standard cost card for one backpack. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

$_________  

Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price
or Rate Standard
Cost   Direct materials ? $4.5 per yard $?         Direct labor ? ? ?         Variable manufacturing overhead ? $2 per direct labor-hour ?         Total standard cost

$?      

Explanation / Answer

(1a) Standard cost of Single Backpack :-   

Material (9450/525)

18

Labour (5880/525)

11.2

Variable O/H (1470/525)

2.8

Standard cost of Single Backpack

32

(1b) Actual cost of Single Backpack :-           

   Difference between standard and actual cost per backpack produced during March = 0.20 (F)

Actual cost of Single Backpack = 32 – 0.20 = 31.80

(1c) Yards of material are required at standard per backpack :-

   

Total standard cost of materials allowed during March

9450

Number of backpacks produced during March

525

Standard materials cost per backpack

(9450/4.5)

=2100

Standard materials cost per yard  

4.5

Number of yards per backpack

(2100/525)

=4

(1d) DM Variances:-

DM Price Variance

2200 (F)

DM Quantity Variance

450 (U)

DM Spending variance

1750 (F)

Direct Material Spending Variance :-

       = Std cost – Actual cost

                     = 9450 – 7700= 1750(F)

     Material Qty Variance = 450(U)

Material Cost Variance = Material Price Variance + Material Qty Variance

                    1750(F) = MPV + 450(U)

   MPV = 2200 (F)

(2)

Standard variable manufacturing overhead cost for March (A)

1470

Standard variable manufacturing overhead rate per direct labor-hour (B)

2

Standard direct labor-hours for March (C=A/B)

735 hrs

Standard direct labor cost for March (D)

5880

Standard direct labor rate per hour (D/C)

$ 8 per hour

(3)

Direct Labour Rate Variance

144(U)

Direct Labour Efficiency Variance

1320(U)

Labour Rate Variance :-

        (Std Rate – Actual Rate) * Actual hrs

Actual Total cost per Back Pack = 31.80

Actual total cost of 525 Back pack – 525*31.80= 16695

Actual Labour cost = Actual total cost – Actual Material cost – Actual variable cost

                         = 16695 – 7700– 1650= 7345

Actual Rate per hr = 7345/900 hrs = 8.16

=( Std Rate – Actual Rate) * Actual hrs

=(8 – 8.16) * 900= 144(U)

Labour Efficiency Variance:-

(Std hrs – Actual hrs) * SR

(735 – 900) * 8 = 1320(U)

Actual cost of Single Backpack :-           

   Difference between standard and actual cost per backpack produced during March = 0.20 (F)

Actual cost of Single Backpack = 32 – 0.20 = 31.80

(4)

V. O/H Rate Variance

150(F)

V. O/H Efficiency Variance

330(U)

Variable O/H Rate Variance :-

                 (Std Rate – Actual Rate) * Actual hrs

Std Rate = 2 per hr

Actual rate = 1650 / 900 hrs = 1.83

=(2 – 1.83) * 900 = 150(F)

V. O/H Efficiency Variance:-

(Std hrs – Actual hrs) * SR

(735 – 900) * 2= 330(U)

(5) Std Cost card:-

Standard Quantity or
Hours

Standard Price or Rate

Standard Cost

  Direct materials                                 

4 yards

4.5 per yard

$ 18

  Direct labor

1.4 hours

$8per hour                 

$ 11.2

  Variable manufacturing overhead

1.4 hours

2.0 per hour

$ 2.8

  Total standard cost

$ 32

Material (9450/525)

18

Labour (5880/525)

11.2

Variable O/H (1470/525)

2.8

Standard cost of Single Backpack

32

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