Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product. The

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Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product.

The predetermined overhead rate ($18.50 per direct labor hour) is based on an expected volume of 75% of the factory’s capacity of 20,000 units per month. Following are the company’s budgeted overhead costs per month at the 75% capacity level.

15,000

The company incurred the following actual costs when it operated at 75% of capacity in October.

3. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances.

AQ = Actual Quantity
SQ = Standard Quantity
AP = Actual Price
SP = Standard Price

Direct materials (4.0 Ibs. @ $5.00 per Ib.) $ 20.00 Direct labor (1.8 hrs. @ $12.00 per hr.) 21.60 Overhead (1.8 hrs. @ $18.50 per hr.) 33.30 Total standard cost $ 74.90

Explanation / Answer

Direct Material Cost Variance = Standard Cost - Actual Cost                                                  = 60000 x 5 - 61000 x 5.10                                                  = 300000 - 311100                                                  = 11100 Unfav Direct Material Price Variance = (Standard Rate - Actual Rate) x Actual Quantity                                                              = ( 5.00 - 5.10) x 61000 lbs                                                              = 6100 Unfav Direct Material Quantity Variance = (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity) x Standard Rate                                                              = ( 20000 x 75% x 4 - 61000) x 5                                                              = 5000 Unfav

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