Direct materials and direct labor variance analysis OBJ. 2, 3 Fancy Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a
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Direct materials and direct labor variance analysis OBJ. 2, 3 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.
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Financial And Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 9781305267831,9781305267848
13th Edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren , James M. Reeve , Jonathan Duchac