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 2012, 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 | | $73,010 | | $69,740 |
Indirect materials | | 48,060 | | 45,950 |
Maintenance | | 20,690 | | 17,710 |
Utilities | | 20,350 | | 16,750 |
Supervision | | 22,160 | | 19,740 |
| | $184,270 | | $169,890 |
Total costs | | | | |
Shaping DepartmentSeattle | | $157,640 | | $148,500 |
Finishing DepartmentSeattle | | 210,180 | | 204,470 |
Denver division | | 676,220 | | 672,570 |
San Diego division | | 722,320 | | 714,510 |
Additional overhead costs were incurred as follows: Seattle division production manageractual costs $52,320, budget $50,710; vice president of productionactual costs $65,310, budget $63,510; presidentactual costs $76,030, budget $74,490. 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 | | $133,350 | | $130,260 |
Finance | | 108,890 | | 104,590 |
(a1) Prepare the following Manufacturing overheadCutting Department managerSeattle division responsibility reports. To Cutting Department ManagerSeattle Division | | | | Month: January | Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable F Unfavorable U Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable N | Direct LaborDirect MaterialsFinishing Department SeattleIndirect LaborIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerShaping Department SeattleSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | $ | $ | $ | UFN | Direct LaborDirect MaterialsFinishing Department SeattleIndirect LaborIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerShaping Department SeattleSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | | | | FNU | Direct LaborDirect MaterialsFinishing Department SeattleIndirect LaborIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerShaping Department SeattleSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | | | | NFU | Direct LaborDirect MaterialsFinishing Department SeattleIndirect LaborIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerShaping Department SeattleSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | | | | UNF | Direct LaborDirect MaterialsFinishing Department SeattleIndirect LaborIndirect MaterialsMaintenancePresidentSeattle Division Production ManagerShaping Department SeattleSupervisionUtilitiesVice President of Production | | | | FUN | Total | $ | $ | $ | UNF | Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: | Open Show Work | | | | |
| (a2) Prepare the following Manufacturing overheadSeattle division manager responsibility reports. To Division Production ManagerSeattle | | | | Month: January | Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable F Unfavorable U Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable N | Seattle Division | $ | $ | $ | NFU | Departments: | | | | | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | FNU | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | FUN | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | FNU | Total | $ | $ | $ | UNF | Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: | Open Show Work | | | | |
| (a3) Prepare the following Manufacturing overheadvice president of production responsibility reports. To Vice PresidentProduction | | | | Month: January | Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable F Unfavorable U Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable N | V-P Production | $ | $ | $ | NUF | Divisions: | | | | | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | UFN | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | NFU | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | NFU | Total | $ | $ | $ | FUN | Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: | Open Show Work | | | | |
| (a4) Prepare the following Manufacturing overhead and expensespresident responsibility reports. To President | | | | Month: January | Controllable Costs: | Budget | Actual | Favorable F Unfavorable U Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable N | President | $ | $ | $ | UNF | Vice-Presidents: | | | | | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | NUF | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | FUN | CuttingDenverFinanceFinishingMarketingProductionSan DiegoSeattleShaping | | | | UFN | Total | $ | $ | $ | UNF | Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: | Open Show Work | | | |