Direct Labor Variances

Ada Clothes Company produced 12,000 units during April. The Cutting Department used 2,300 direct labor hours at an actual rate of $12.00 per hour. The Sewing Department used 3,800 direct labor hours at an actual rate of $11.70 per hour. Assume there were no work in process inventories in either department at the beginning or end of the month. The standard labor rate is $11.90. The standard labor time for the Cutting and Sewing departments is 0.2 hour and 0.3 hour per unit, respectively.

a. Determine the direct labor rate, direct labor time, and total direct labor cost variance for the (1) Cutting Department and (2) Sewing Department. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Line Item Description	Cutting Department	Sewing Department
Direct Labor Rate Variance	$fill in the blank 1 FavorableUnfavorableUnfavorable	$fill in the blank 3 FavorableUnfavorableFavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance	$fill in the blank 5 FavorableUnfavorableFavorable	$fill in the blank 7 FavorableUnfavorableUnfavorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance	$fill in the blank 9 FavorableUnfavorableFavorable	$fill in the blank 11 FavorableUnfavorableUnfavorable

b. The two departments have opposite results. The Cutting Department has a(n) fill in the blank 1 of 6

favorableunfavorableunfavorable

rate variance and a(n) fill in the blank 2 of 6

favorableunfavorablefavorable

time variance, resulting in a total fill in the blank 3 of 6

favorableunfavorablefavorable

cost variance. In contrast, the Sewing Department has a(n) fill in the blank 4 of 6

favorableunfavorablefavorable

rate variance but has a(n) fill in the blank 5 of 6

favorableunfavorableunfavorable

time variance, resulting in a total fill in the blank 6 of 6

favorableunfavorableunfavorable

cost variance.