Durham Company uses a responsibility reporting system. It has divisions in Denver, Seattle, and San Diego. Each division has three production departments: Cutting, Shaping, and
Durham Company uses a responsibility reporting system. It has divisions in Denver, Seattle, and San Diego. Each division has three production departments: Cutting, Shaping, and Finishing. The responsibility for each department rests with a manager who reports to the division production manager. Each division manager reports to the vice president of production. There are also vice presidents for marketing and finance. All vice presidents report to the president. In January 2020, controllable actual and budget manufacturing overhead cost data for the departments and divisions were as shown below.
Manufacturing Overhead | Actual | Budget | ||
Individual costsCutting DepartmentSeattle | ||||
Indirect labor | $73,000 | $69,700 | ||
Indirect materials | 48,200 | 45,800 | ||
Maintenance | 20,700 | 17,800 | ||
Utilities | 20,100 | 16,800 | ||
Supervision | 22,400 | 19,900 | ||
$184,400 | $170,000 |
Total costs | ||||
Shaping DepartmentSeattle | $157,700 | $148,000 | ||
Finishing DepartmentSeattle | 210,000 | 203,600 | ||
Denver division | 678,300 | 672,700 | ||
San Diego division | 721,900 | 715,000 |
Additional overhead costs were incurred as follows: Seattle division production manageractual costs $52,500, budget $51,000; vice president of productionactual costs $65,000, budget $63,500; presidentactual costs $76,700, budget $74,300. These expenses are not allocated. The vice presidents who report to the president, other than the vice president of production, had the following expenses.
Vice President | Actual | Budget | ||
Marketing | $133,200 | $129,700 | ||
Finance | 109,300 | 104,900 |
To Division Production ManagerSeattle | Month: January | ||||||
Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable Unfavorable Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable | ||||
Seattle Division | $ | $ | $ | UnfavorableNeither Favorable nor UnfavorableFavorable | |||
Departments: | |||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | Neither Favorable nor UnfavorableUnfavorableFavorable | ||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | Neither Favorable nor UnfavorableFavorableUnfavorable | ||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | UnfavorableNeither Favorable nor UnfavorableFavorable | ||||||
Total | $ | $ | $ | Neither Favorable nor UnfavorableFavorableUnfavorable |
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Prepare the Manufacturing overheadvice president of production responsibility report.
To Vice PresidentProduction | Month: January | ||||||
Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable Unfavorable Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable | ||||
V-P Production | $ | $ | $ | Neither Favorable nor UnfavorableUnfavorableFavorable | |||
Divisions: | |||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | UnfavorableFavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable | ||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | UnfavorableFavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable | ||||||
CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShapingDirect LaborIndirect LaborDirect MaterialsIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable | ||||||
Total | $ | $ | $ | Neither Favorable nor UnfavorableFavorableUnfavorable |
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