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Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: Standard Quantity or Hours 4.6 pounds 0.2 hours Direct materials Direct labor Standard Price or Rate $ 2.50 per pound $18.00 per hour Standard Cost $11.50 $ 3.60 During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. Twenty thousand pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $2.35 per pound. b. The company produced only 3,000 units, using 14,750 pounds of material. (The rest of the material purchased remained in raw materials inventory.) C. 750 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $14,925. Required: Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) Materials price variance Materials quantity variance Sky Chefs, Inc., prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the company's products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. During the most recent week, the company prepared 4,000 of these meals using 960 direct labor-hours. The company paid its direct labor workers a total of $19,200 for this work, or $20.00 per hour. According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.25 direct labor-hours at a cost of $19.75 per hour. Required: 1. What is the standard labor-hours allowed (SH) to prepare 4,000 meals? 2. What is the standard labor cost allowed (SH SR) to prepare 4,000 meals? 3. What is the labor spending variance? 4. What is the labor rate variance and the labor efficiency variance? (For requirements 3 and 4, indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) 1. Standard labor-hours allowed 2 Standard labor cost allowed 3. Labor spending variance 4. Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance Dawson Toys, Ltd., produces a toy called the Maze. The company has recently created a standard cost system to help control costs and has established the following standards for the Maze toy: Direct materials: 6 microns per toy at $1.50 per micron Direct labor: 1.3 hours per toy at $21 per hour During July, the company produced 3,000 Maze toys. The toy's production data for the month are as follows: Direct materials: 25,000 microns were purchased at a cost of $1.48 per micron. 5,000 of these microns were still in inventory at the end of the month. Direct labor. 4,000 direct labor-hours were worked at a cost of $88,000. Required: 1. Compute the following variances for July: (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) a. The materials price and quantity variances. b. The labor rate and efficiency variances. 1a. Material price variance Material quantity variance Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance 1b. The auto repair shop of Quality Motor Company uses standards to control the labor time and labor cost in the shop. The standard labor cost for a motor tune-up is given below: Standard Hours 2.5 Standard Rate $25.00 Standard Cost $62.50 Motor tune-up The record showing the time spent in the shop last week on motor tune-ups has been misplaced. However, the shop supervisor recalls that 50 tune-ups were completed during the week, and the controller recalls the following variance data relating to tune-ups: Labor rate variance Labor spending variance $ 150 F $ 200 U Required: 1. Determine the number of actual labor-hours spent on tune-ups during the week. 2. Determine the actual hourly rate of pay for tune-ups last week. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 1. hours Actual labor hours Actual hourly rate 2. per hour
