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:

	Standard Costs		Actual Costs
Direct materials	207,200 lbs. at $5.80		205,100 lbs. at $5.70
Direct labor	18,500 hrs. at $17.10		18,930 hrs. at $17.50
Factory overhead	Rates per direct labor hr.,
	based on 100% of normal
	capacity of 19,310 direct
	labor hrs.:
		Variable cost, $2.80	$51,280 variable cost
		Fixed cost, $4.40	$84,964 fixed cost

Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor.

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.

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	$

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: Standard Costs Actual Costs Direct materials Direct labor Factory overhead 205,100 lbs. at $5.70 18,930 hrs. at $17.50 207,200 lbs. at $5.80 18,500 hrs. at $17.10 Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 19,310 direct labor hrs. Variable cost, $2.80 Fixed cost, $4.40 $51,280 variable cost $84,964 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor. 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. 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. labor hrs. Variable cost, $2.80 Fixed cost, $4.40 $51,280 variable cost $84,964 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor. 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. 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