The Sourdough Bread Company bakes baguettes for distribution to upscale grocery stores. The company has two direct-cost
Question:
The Sourdough Bread Company bakes baguettes for distribution to upscale grocery stores. The company has two direct-cost categories: direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Variable manufacturing overhead is allocated to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing labor-hours. Following is some budget data for the Sourdough Bread Company:
Direct manufacturing labor use 0.02 hours per baguette
Variable manufacturing overhead $10.00 per direct manufacturing labor-hour
The Sourdough Bread Company provides the following additional data for the year ended December 31, 2017:
Planned (budgeted) output 3,100,000 baguettes
Actual production 2,600,000 baguettes
Direct manufacturing labor 46,800
Actual variable manufacturing overhead 617,760
Prepare a variance analysis of variable manufacturing overhead. Use Exhibit 8-4 (page 304) for reference &Discuss the variances you have calculated and give possible explanations for them.
Horngrens Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0134475585
16th edition
Authors: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan