Case Study 4 Injection Processors Inc. (IPT) manufactures a special microchip for aircraft sensing systems. The standard selling price of the microchip is $150 per unit, and the company has the following monthly budgets for production and sales for the quarter to 30 September (assume that there is no change in stock levels). July August September Units 1,700 1,900 1800 The management accountant has prepared the following standard product cost specification per microchip Direct material 40 g at $2 per g Direct labour 1 hour at $25 per hour Variable mamfacturing overhead 1 hour at $10 per hour S 80 25 10 115 Variable manufacturing overhead is allocated to production on the basis of direct labour hours, Fixed overheads are budgeted at $9,000 per month. During August, IPI produced and sold 2,000 microchips. The following actual data have been extracted from IPI's financial records for August: Sales Direct materials costs Direct labour costs Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead 2,000 @ $152 90,000 g at $1.87 per g 1,960 hours at $25.50 per hour 304,000 168,300 49,980 18,000 10,000 1 Required: Identify and prepare a schedule of variances to highlight IPI's performance in August that reconciles the budgeted profit with the actual profit. Show all workings (15 marks) 2 Determine a detailed list of possible causes of any material, labour or fixed overhead cost variances identified. (10 marks - maximum word count 800 words) Total 25 marks END OF PAPER 11