eBook Calculating the Direct Labor Mix Variance Mangia Pizza Company makes frozen pizzas that are sold through grocery stores. Mangia uses two types of direct labor: machine operators and packers. Mangia developed the following standard mix for spreading on premade pizza shells to produce 17 giant-size sausage pizzas. Standard Direct Labor Machine operators Packers Mix 0.5 hr. Mix Proportion SP 0.50 $17 0.5 0.50 10 Total 1.0 hr. Cost $8.50 5.00 $13.50 Mangia's recent batch (designed to produce 600 pizzas) used 600 direct labor hours. Of the total, 240 were for machine operators, and the remaining 360 hours were for packers. The actual yield was 780 pizzas. Required: Instructions for parts 2 and 3: If a variance is zero, enter "0" and select "Not applicable" from the drop down box. 1. Calculate the standard mix (SM) in hours for machine operators and for packers. Machine operators Packers 2. Calculate the mix variance. SM hours hours Required: Instructions for parts 2 and 3: If a variance is zero, enter "0" and select "Not applicable" from the drop down box. 1. Calculate the standard mix (SM) in hours for machine operators and for packers. Machine operators Packers 2. Calculate the mix variance. SM hours hours I 3. Calculate the actual proportion of hours worked by machine operators and by packers. Enter the percentages as whole numbers. Machine operators Packers Actual mix proportion % % Using the results, would the direction of the mix variance be favorable or unfavorable? Previous Next Machine operators Packers 2. Calculate the mix variance. SM hours hours 3. Calculate the actual proportion of hours worked by machine operators and by packers. Enter the percentages as whole numbers. Machine operators Packers Actual mix proportion % % Using the results, would the direction of the mix variance be favorable or unfavorable? Favorable Unfavorable Not applicable Cheory marke Check My Work uses remaining