Silverado, Inc., produces a wide range of silver utensils for use in buet serving settings. Its buet spoons are valued for their size, balance, and durability, as are its other serving pieces. The company wants to understand where it did well in the last year and where it needs to put more attention. To gain this information, Ralph Anders, president of Silverado, has asked the accounting group to pull together some basic cost information. What they provide him is in the following exhibit.

Ralph decides that he is going to run a series of variances to see better where things are going well vs. where they are going poorly. He is most concerned with the overall impact on profitability. He asks for your help in developing the following variances.

REQUIRED:

a. Develop a sales volume variance for the company.

b. Develop a sales price variance for the company.

c. Develop a variable manufacturing cost variance.

d. Develop a fixed manufacturing cost variance.

e. Develop a variable SG&A cost variance.

f. Develop a fixed SG&A cost variance.

g. Where should Ralph put his time? Why?

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Silverado Inc. Budgeted Actual Sales volume 2,500,000 2,750,000 Selling price $10.00 $10.50 Manufacturing cost variable Manufacturing cost-fixed $3.50 $3.78 $3,750,000 $4,620,000 SG&A expenses-variable $2.000 $1.995 SG&A expenses fixed $3,250,000 $3,465,000