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

Santiago 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 $70,000$ units of product were as follows:

Line Item Description Standard Costs Actual Costs

Direct materials $238,000$ lbs$.$ at $$5\mathrm{.}30$ per lb$.235,600$ lbs$.$ at $$5\mathrm{.}10$ per lb$.$

Direct labor $17,500$ hrs$.$ at $$17\mathrm{.}00$ per hr$.17,900$ hrs$.$ at $$17\mathrm{.}40$ per hr$.$

Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr$.,$ based on $100\%$ of normal capacity of $18,260$ direct labor hrs$.$:

Factory overhead Variable cost, $$4\mathrm{.}50$ $$77,960$ variable cost

Factory overhead Fixed cost, $$7\mathrm{.}10$ $$129,646$ fixed cost

Each unit requires $0\mathrm{.}25$ 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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance

Direct Materials Price Variance $fill in the blank $1$

Direct Materials Quantity Variance $fill in the blank $3$

Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $fill in the blank $5$

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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance

Direct Labor Rate Variance $fill in the blank $7$

Direct Labor Time Variance $fill in the blank $9$

Total Direct Labor Cost Variance $fill in the blank $11$

c$.$ Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, 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.

Line Item Description Amount Variance

Variable factory overhead controllable variance $fill in the blank $13$

Fixed factory overhead volume variance $fill in the blank $15$

Total factory overhead cost variance $fill in the blank $17$