Emerson Company manufactures book bags and has provided the following information for June 2024: EFF (Click the icon to view the information.) Requirements 1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report. (Hint: You will need to calculate the flexible budget amounts for 12,000 units.) 2. As the company owner, which employees would you praise or criticize after you analyze this performance report? Requirement 1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report. (Hint: You will need to calculate the flexible budget amounts for 12,000 units.) (Enter a "0" for any zero balances. For any $0 variances, leave the Favorable (F)/Unfavorable (U) input blank. Enter all amounts as positive values.) Emerson Company Flexible Budget Performance Report Data Table - X For the Month Ended June 30, 2024 2 3 5 (1) - (3) (3) - (5 ) Actual Results Static Budget Budget Flexible Sales Units 12,000 13,000 Amounts Actual Budget Flexible Sales Revenue $ 159,000 $ 169,000 Volume Static 109,200 117,000 Per Unit Results Variance Budget Variance Budget Variable Expenses Units Contribution Margin 49,800 52,000 Fixed Expenses 23,500 25.000 Sales Revenue 26,300 $ 27,000 Variable Expenses Operating Income Contribution Margin Fixed Expenses Print Done Operating IncomeRequirement 2. As the company owner, which employees would you praise or criticize after you analyze this performance report? O A. The sales volume variance for operating income could be due to the effectiveness of the sales staff, or it could be due to a long period of snow that made it difficult for employees to get to work, bringing work to a standstill. To encourage sales, the sales staff should be praised and to encourage higher production levels, the manager of the production department should be criticized. O B. The sales volume variance for fixed costs most likely is a result of delaying a scheduled overhaul of equipment that altered the fixed expenses in the short term but will increase the company's costs in the long run. Since the engineering department is responsible for fixed costs, the manager of that department would be praised if the variance is unfavorable or criticized if the variance is favorable. O C. The flexible budget variance for fixed costs is most likely due to a change in a cost such as insurance premiums. Since the production department is responsible for fixed costs, the manager of that department would be praised if the variance is unfavorable or criticized if the variance is favorable. O D. More information is needed to determine which employees to praise or criticize. As the company owner, you should determine the causes of the variances before praising or criticizing employees. It is especially important to determine whether the variance is due to factors the managers can control. Wise managers use variances to raise questions and direct attention, not to fix blame Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then continue to the next