When Domino’s Pizza began operations in 1960, it had a ‘‘30 Minutes or It’s Free’’ campaign. In making that promise, the company set a standard time to prepare and deliver a pizza. In 1993, Domino’s completely removed that campaign. Discuss how setting such a standard might have been problematic for Domino’s. Can you think of any other organizations in which guaranteeing specific labor time standards might create problems?

The overhead spending and overhead efficiency variances are said to be controllable, but the volume variance is said to be non-controllable. Explain.

Discuss the following statement: Since standard costs are recorded in the inventory accounts in a standard cost system, actual costs are ignored.