Oasis Faucet Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from zinc. Manufacturing
Question:
Oasis Faucet Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from zinc. Manufacturing has 80 employees. Each employee presently provides 40 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:
Standard wage per hr. ..................$ 16.80
Standard labor time per faucet ..............15 min.
Standard number of lbs. of zinc .............2.6 lbs.
Standard price per lb. of zinc ..............$ 22.00
Actual price per lb. of zinc ...............$ 21.85
Actual lbs. of zinc used during the week ..........31,750 lbs.
Number of faucets produced during the week ........12,000
Actual wage per hr. ..................$ 17.00
Actual hrs. for the week ................. 3,200 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;
(c) The direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
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Financial and Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1285078571
12th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac