After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, "These reports are super. It makes me

feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't understand why those people upstairs complain so much

about the reports."

For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals expressed in the

company's monthly budgets.

Required:

The company's president is uneasy about the cost reports, identify at least two reasons.

What kind of reports should be used to give better insight into how well departmental supervisors are controlling costs?

Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach.

Were costs well controlled in March?

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Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach. $($Do not round your intermediate

calculations. 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.$)$