Instructions: Use Excel formulas and links to cells in order to answer the following questions. Using the
Question:
Instructions:
Use Excel formulas and links to cells in order to answer the following questions.
Using the data in the table above, create a flexible budget for the quarter.
Calculate the activity variances and indicate whether they are unfavorable or favorable.
Calculate the revenue and spending variances and indicate whether they are unfavorable or
favorable.
Is the Sales manager justified in stating that they did ?just fine? last quarter? Why or why not?
Is the Purchasing manager justified in bragging about the cost of materials for the quarter? Why or why not?
Hypothesize as to the possible cause(s) of each of the variances.
What should be the management team?s response to the variance analysis of the flexible budget? Which variances should be investigated further and why?