Genuine Spice Inc. began operations on January 1, 2016. The company produces a hand and body lotion in an eight-ounce bottle called Eternal Beauty. The lotion is sold wholesale in 12-bottle cases for $100 per case. There is a selling commission of $20 per case. The January direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead costs are as follows:

DIRECT MATERIALS
	Cost Behavior	Units per Case	Cost per Unit	Direct Materials Cost per Case
Cream base	Variable	100 ozs.	$0.02		$2.00
Natural oils	Variable	30 ozs.	0.30		9.00
Bottle (8-oz.)	Variable	12 bottles	0.50		6.00
					$17.00

DIRECT LABOR
Department	Cost Behavior	Time per Case			Labor Rate per Hour	Direct Labor Cost per Case
Mixing	Variable		20	min.	$18.00		$6.00
Filling	Variable		5		14.40		1.20
			25	min.			$7.20

FACTORY OVERHEAD
	Cost Behavior	Total Cost
Utilities	Mixed		$600
Facility lease	Fixed		14,000
Equipment depreciation	Fixed		4,300
Supplies	Fixed		660
			$19,560

Part CAugust Variance Analysis

During September of the current year, the controller was asked to perform variance analyses for August. The January operating data provided the standard prices, rates, times, and quantities per case. There were 1,500 actual cases produced during August, which was 250 more cases than planned at the beginning of the month. Actual data for August were as follows:

	Actual Direct Materials Price per Unit		Actual Direct Materials Quantity per Case
Cream base	$0.016	per oz.	102	ozs.
Natural oils	$0.32	per oz.	31	ozs.
Bottle (8-oz.)	$0.42	per bottle	12.5	bottles

	Actual Direct Labor Rate	Actual Direct Labor Time per Case
Mixing	$18.20	19.50 min.
Filling	14.00	5.60 min.
Actual variable overhead	$305.00
Normal volume	1,600 cases

Determine and interpret the factory overhead controllable variance. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

Actual variable overhead	$
Variable overhead at standard cost
Factory overhead controllable variance	$
Indicate if favorable or unfavorable

13. Determine and interpret the factory overhead volume variance. When determining the fixed factory overhead rate. Round the factory overhead rate to two decimal places and and the factory overhead volume variance to whole dollars. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

Normal volume (cases)
Actual volume (cases)
Difference
Fixed factory overhead rate	$
Factory overhead volume variance	$
Indicate if favorable or unfavorable