The following details show the direct labour requirements for the first six batches of a new product

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The following details show the direct labour requirements for the first six batches of a new product that were manufactured last month:

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The Management Accountant reported the following variances:

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The Production Manager has now said that he forgot to inform the Management Accountant that he expected a 90 per cent learning curve to apply for at least the first 10 batches.

Required:

(a) Calculate planning and operational variances that analyze the actual performance taking account of the anticipated learning effect.

The learning index for a 90 per cent learning curve is –0.1520.

(b) Explain the differences between standard costing and target costing.

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