Megham Company manufactures a single product. The following standards have been developed for it: Direct Material 6
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Megham Company manufactures a single product. The following standards have been developed for it:
Direct Material 6 pounds $ 4 /pound
Direct Labor 2 hours $ 15 /hour
During May, the following actual activities occurred:
Material purchased, 12,000 pounds for $45,600;
material used in the production of 2,000 units of product, 13,000 pounds;
direct labor, 3,500 hours costing $56,000.
Required:
(1) Compute the following variances:
(a) material quantity variance.
(b) labor rate variance.
(c) labor efficiency variance.
(2) Give one possible explanation for each of the 3 variances computed.
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ISBN: 978-0077522940
15th edition
Authors: Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer
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