Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis

Shasta Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 40 employees. Each employee presently provides 32 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:

Standard wage per hour	$14.40
Standard labor time per unit	15 min.
Standard number of lbs. of brass	1.7 lbs.
Standard price per lb. of brass	$9.50
Actual price per lb. of brass	$9.75
Actual lbs. of brass used during the week	15,234 lbs.
Number of units produced during the week	8,700
Actual wage per hour	$14.83
Actual hours for the week (40 employees 32 hours)	1,280

Required:

a. Determine the standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor. Round the cost per unit to two decimal places.

Direct materials standard cost per unit	$
Direct labor standard cost per unit	$
Total standard cost per unit	$

b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance	$	Unfavorable
Direct Materials Quantity Variance	$	Unfavorable
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance	$	Unfavorable

c. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance	$	Unfavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance	$	Favorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance	$	Favorable