Solo is a repair shop that runs a business to fixing cars. The static budget and actual
Question:
Solo is a repair shop that runs a business to fixing cars. The static budget and actual results for Jun 2019 are provided in the below table. There are two full-time employees for in the repair shop. In addition at any given time, the manager also employs two other less-experienced workers. It usually takes each employee 2 hours to fix a vehicle regardless of his experience. The manager of Solo pays the experienced employees $45 per vehicle and $25 for the other employees. Budget Actual Car modification 410 360
Revenue $63,580 $72,000 Variable costs:
1- Cost of supplies 1,386 1,260
2- Labor 7,920 6,830
Total variable cost 8,778 7,980
Contribution margin 49,742 47,020
Fixed cost 10,780 9,800
Operating income 38,962 37,220
1- How many cars on average did Solo budget for each employee? How many cars did each employee actually fixed?
2- Prepare a flexible budget for Jun 2019?
3- Compute sales price variance and the labor efficiency variance for each labor type?
Cost Management Measuring, Monitoring and Motivating Performance
ISBN: 978-1119185697
3rd Canadian edition
Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott, Liang-Hsuan Chen, Gail Cook