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Several years ago Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system the factory manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the infomotion being generated by the system A report for the company's Assembly Department for the month of March follows setbly Department Cost Report For the Month Ended March 31 Actual Planning Budget Varian Machine her 25,000 30.000 3 5,55 000 16, 1.100 S.COM 57.000 Variable costs! Suonies Strap Indirect materials CON Wo ai Et pont depreciation Total cost 2100 95.000 $225,800 523,056.000 Aureceiving a copy of this cost report the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated. These reports are super It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals expressed in the companys monthly budget Required: Themat the corners Identitateast two Required: 1. The company's president is uneasy about the cost reports, identify at least two reasons. 2. What kind of reports should be used to give better insight into how well departmental supervisors are controlling costs? 3. Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach. 4. Were costs well controlled in March? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2. Required 3 Required 4 prepare a new performance report for the quarter (Do not round your intermediate calculations, indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "Ffor favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None for no effect (... zero variance), Input all amounts as positive values.) Westment Corporation Assembly Department Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended March 31 Flexible Budget 25,000 Actual Results 25,000 Planning Budget 30,000 Machine hours (0) Supplies Scrap Indirect mattis Wages and lanes Foment depreciation 5 5.700 15.400 50.600 63,100 91.000 5 225.000 $ 6,300 10.500 57.000 61,000 91.000 $ 231,800 63.100 98,000