Direct Materials Variances De Soto Inc. produces tablet computers. The company uses Thin Film Crystal (TFC) LCD displays for its products. Each tablet uses one display. The company produced 770 tablets during July. However, due to LCD defects, the company actually used 800 LCD displays during July. Each display has a standard cost of $12.50. Eight hundred LCD displays were purchased for July production at a cost of $9,400. Determine the price variance, quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance for July. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Price variance $ Favorable Quantity variance $ Unfavorable Total direct materials cost variance $ Favorable Feedback Check My Work Unfavorable variances can be thought of as increasing costs (a debit). Favorable variances can be thought of as decreasing costs (a credit). The direct material cost variance is the difference between the actual and standard material cost. Standard Product Cost Atlas Furniture Company manufactures designer home furniture. Atlas uses a standard cost system. The direct labor, direct materials, and factory overhead standards for an unfinished dining room table are as follows: Direct labor: standard rate $17.00 per hr. standard time per unit 2.5 hrs. Direct materials (oak): standard price $9.50 per bd. ft. standard quantity 18 bd. ft. Variable factory overhead: standard rate $2.80 per direct labor hr. Fixed factory overhead: standard rate $1.20 per direct labor hr. a. Determine the standard cost per dining room table. If required, round your answer to two decimal places. $ per table cost deviations from b. A standard cost system provides Atlas Furniture Company's management a cost control tool using the principle of management by exception . Using this principle, major standards can be investigated and corrected. Feedback Check My Work Remember the process discussed in chapter for calculating standard cost. Review the benefits of standard cost systems. Direct Materials Variances Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 11 standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $11 per pound. If 2,300 units used 26,300 pounds, which were purchased at $10.67 per pound, what is the direct materials (a) price variance, (b) quantity variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. a. Direct materials price variance Favorable b. Direct materials quantity variance $ Unfavorable C. Direct materials cost variance $ Unfavorable Feedback Check My Work Unfavorable variances can be thought of as increasing costs (a debit). Favorable variances can be thought of as decreasing costs (a credit). Cost variance is the difference between the actual and standard total cost
