Fancy Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing
Question:
Fancy Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 100 employees. Each employee presently provides 40 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:
Standard wage per hr. .............................$21.00
Standard labor time per faucet .................. 20 min.
Standard number of lbs. of brass ............... 5 lbs.
Standard price per lb. of brass .................. $2.80
Actual price per lb. of brass .................... $2.72
Actual lbs. of brass used during the week ...59,875 lbs.
Number of faucets produced during the week ....11,820
Actual wage per hr. ...........................$21.40
Actual hrs. for the week ..................... 4,000 hrs
Instructions
Determine
(a) The standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor;
(b) The direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance; and
(c) The direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
Step by Step Answer:
Financial and Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1285866307
13th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac