Drop Down Options Requirement 1: Create new products, Decrease accounting costs, Develop more efficient production methods, Identify performance standards, Increase production levels, Increase sales volume, Prepare the master budget, Set sales prices of products and services, Set target levels of performance for flexible budgets

Drop Down Options Requirement 2:

(AC-SC)*AQ

(AC-SC)*SQ

(AQ-SQ)*AC

(AQ-SQ)*SQ

Actual FOH - Allocated FOH

Actual FOH - Budgeted FOH

Budget FOH - Allocated FOH

Premium, Inc. produced 1,000 units of the company's product in 2018. The standard quantity of direct materials was three yards of cloth per unit at a standard cost of $1.25 per yard. The accounting records showed that 2,400 yards of cloth were used and the company paid $1.30 per yard. Standard time was two direct labor hours per unit at a standard rate of $11.00 per direct labor hour. Employees worked 1,800 hours and were paid $10.50 per hour. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. What are the benefits of setting cost standards? Standard costing helps managers do the following: Requirement 2. Calculate the direct materials cost variance and the direct materials efficiency variance as well as the direct labor cost and efficiency variances. Begin with the cost variances. Select the required formulas, compute the cost variances for direct materials and direct labor, and identify whether each variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Abbreviations used: AC = actual cost; AQ = actual quantity; FOH = fixed overhead; SC = standard cost; SQ = standard quantity.) Formula Variance = Direct materials cost variance Direct labor cost variance Select the required formulas, compute the efficiency variances for direct materials and direct labor, and identify whether each variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Abbreviations used: AC = actual cost; AQ = actual quantity; FOH = fixed overhead; SC = standard cost; SQ = standard quantity.) Formula Variance = L Direct materials efficiency variance Direct labor efficiency variance