Question: Current Attempt in Progress Crane, Ltd. manufactures shirts, which it sells to customers for embroidering with various slogans and emblems. The standard cost card for

Current Attempt in Progress Crane, Ltd. manufactures shirts, which it sells to customers for embroidering with various slogans and emblems. The standard cost card for the shirts is as follows. Standard Price Standard Quantity Standard Cost Direct materials $3 per yard 2.00 yards $6.00 Direct labor $14 per DLH 0.75 DLH 10.50 Variable overhead $3.20 per DLH 0.75 DLH 2.40 Fixed overhead $3 per DLH 0.75 DLH 2.25 $21.15 Sandy Robison, operations manager, was reviewing the results for November when he became upset by the unfavorable variances he was seeing. In an attempt to understand what had happened, Sandy asked CFO Suzy Summers for more information. She provided the following overhead budgets, along with the actual results for November. The company purchased 81,800 yards of fabric and used 93,400 yards of fabric during the month. Fabric purchases during the month were made at $2.80 per yard. The direct labor payroll ran $456,925, with an actual hourly rate of $12.25 per direct labor hour. The annual budgets were based on the production of 598.000 shirts, using 448.000 direct labor hours. Though the budget for November was based on 45,300 shirts, the company actually produced 41,800 shirts during the month. Variable Overhead Budget Annual Budget Per Shirt November-Actual Indirect material $445.000 $1.20 $48,800 Indirect labor 304,000 0.75 31,900 Equipment repair 204.000 0.30 20,500 Equipment power 52.000 0.15 6,800 Total $1,005,000 $2.40 $108,000 Fixed Overhead Budget Annual Budget November-Actual Supervisory salaries $255,000 $21,100 Insurance 349,000 27,300 Property taxes 78,000 6,500 Depreciation 320,000 25,500 Utilities 215,000 20,400 Quality inspection 283.000 25,300 Total $1,500,000 $126,100 (a) Calculate the direct materials price and quantity variances for November. (If variance is zero, select "Not Applicable" and enter for the amounts.) $ Direct material price variance Direct material quantity variance (b) Calculate the direct labor rate and efficiency variances for November. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If variance is zero, select "Not Applicable" and enter for the amounts.) Direct labor rate variance $ Direct labor efficiency variance $ (c) Calculate the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances for November. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If variance is zero, select "Not Applicable" and enter for the amounts.) $ Variable overhead spending variance $ Variable overhead efficiency variance (d) Calculate the fixed overhead spending variance for November. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If variance is zero, select "Not Applicable" and enter for the amounts.) $ Fixed overhead spending variance
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