01HAL > Play Time Toys is organised into two major divisions: marketing and production. The production division is further divided into three departments: puzzles, dolls and video games. Each production department has its own manager. The entity's management believes that all costs must be covered by sales of the three product lines. Therefore, a portion of headquarters, marketing, and the production division costs are allocated to each product line. The entity's accountant prepared the following performance report for the manager of the dolls production department. Actual 1 100 $12 400 2 100 Performance report dolls production department (Volumes and total dollar amounts are in thousands.) Cost forecasts Budget 1000 1000 $12.00/unit $12 000 2.00/unit 2 000 1.00/unit 1000 1.00/unit 1000 0.80/unit 800 0.10/unit 100 0.20/unit 200 0.50/unit 500 $ 6.40/unit S6400 Sales volume Revenue Direct materials Direct labour Variable factory overhead Fixed factory overhead Production division overhead Headquarters Marketing Operating income 1225 1 100 1 020 Variance 100F $400F (100)0 (225) (100) (220) (5)U (20) (50) $(320)U 105 220 550 $ 6080 Required (a) Is Play Time using a static budget or a flexible budget to calculate variances? Explain. Do you agree with this approach? Why? (b) Develop an appropriate benchmark for evaluating the performance of the dolls production department. Decide whether to include or exclude each cost category, and explain your decisions. (c) Use the benchmark you created in part (b) to calculate variances. (d) Review the variances from part (c). Briefly describe the types of operating or budgeting problems that might have caused these variances. . TALK 2o