Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Factory Overhead Cost Variance Analysis

Mackinaw Inc. processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 74,000 units of product were as follows:

Required:

a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials 236,800 lbs. at $4.80 234,400 lbs. at $4.60 Direct labor 18,500 hrs. at $16.20 18,930 hrs. at $16.40 Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 19,310 direct labor hrs.: $60,440 variable cost Variable cost, $3.30 Fixed cost, $5.20 $100,412 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor Direct Material Price Variance Direct Materials Quantity Variance Total Direct Materials Cost Variance b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Direct Labor Rate Variance Direct Labor Time Variance Total Direct Labor Cost Variance c. Determine variable factory overhead controllable variance, the fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Variable factory overhead controllable variance Fixed factory overhead volume variance Total factory overhead cost variance A