Budgeted cost of a single unit |
| Standard based on perfect conditions |
| Standard based on attainable conditions |
| Standard quantity of direct materials multiplied by standard price of direct |
| Should explain direct labor rate variances |
| Should know why the company was able to purchase materials at a better |
| Tells managers how much of the total variance is due to using a larger or smaller quantity of direct materials than expected |
| Tells managers how much of the total labor variance is due to using a greater or lesser amount of time than anticipated |
| Should be explain more about the direct materials quantity variance |
| Tells managers whether more or less was spent on variable overhead than expected for the allocation base amount (number of machine hours/number of direct labor hours) |
| Tells how much of the total variable manufacturing overhead variance is due to using more/fewer hours of the allocation base than anticipated for the actual volume of output |
| Tells managers how much of the total variance is due to paying a higher or lower price than expected for the direct materials purchased |
| Tells managers how much of the direct labor variance is due to paying a higher or lower hourly rate than anticipated |