Bandar Industries Berhad of Malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company's products, a football helmet for the North American market, requires a special plastic. During the quarter ending June 30, the company manufactured 3,600 helmets, using 2,736 kilograms of plastic. The plastic cost the company $20,794. According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.7 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. Required: 1. According to the standards, what cost for plastic should have been incurred to make 3,600 helmets? How much greater or less is this than the cost that was incurred? (Round "standard kilograms of plastic per helmet" to 1 decimal place.) Number of helmets Standard kilograms of plastic per helmet Total standard kilograms allowed Standard cost per kilogram Total standard cost Actual cost incurred Total standard cost Total material variance 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a materials price variance and a materials quantity variance. (Round your actual materials price to two decimal places, and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Materials price variance Materials quantity variance SkyChefs, 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 3,500 of these meals using 950 direct labor-hours. The company paid these direct labor workers a total of $10,450 for this work, or $11.00 per hour. According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.30 direct labor-hours at a cost of $9.50 per hour. Required: 1. According to the standards, what direct labor cost should have been incurred to prepare 3,500 meals? How much does this differ from the actual direct labor cost? (Round labor-hours per meal and labor cost per hour to 2 decimal places.) Number of meals prepared Standard direct labor-hours per meal Total direct labor-hours allowed Standard direct labor cost per hour Total standard direct labor cost Actual cost incurred Total standard direct labor cost Total direct labor variance 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance
