Question: Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct

  1. Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

    Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 74,000 units of product were as follows:

    Standard Costs Actual Costs
    Direct materials 199,800 lbs. at $6.00 197,800 lbs. at $5.80
    Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $16.10 18,930 hrs. at $16.40
    Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
    based on 100% of normal
    capacity of 19,310 direct
    labor hrs.:
    Variable cost, $4.70 $86,080 variable cost
    Fixed cost, $7.40 $142,894 fixed cost

    Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

    Required:

    a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

    Direct Materials Price Variance $fill in the blank 1
    Direct Materials Quantity Variance $fill in the blank 3
    Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $fill in the blank 5

    b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

    Direct Labor Rate Variance $fill in the blank 7
    Direct Labor Time Variance $fill in the blank 9
    Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $fill in the blank 11

    c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

    Variable factory overhead controllable variance $fill in the blank 13
    Fixed factory overhead volume variance $fill in the blank 15
    Total factory overhead cost variance $fill in the blank 17

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