Koontz Company manufactures a number of products. The standards relating to one of these products are shown below, along with actual cost data for May. Direct materials: Standardi 1.80 metres at $3.00 per metre Actual: 1.80 metres at $3.30 per metre Direct labouri Standard: 0.90 hours at $18.00 hour Actual: 0.92 hours at $17.50 per hour. Variable overhead: Standard: 0.90 hours at $5.00 per hour Actual: 0.92 hours at $4.50 per hour Total cost per unit Excess of actual cost over standard cost per unit Standard Cost per Unit Actual Cost per Unit $5.40 $5.94 $16.20 16.10 $ 4.50 $26.10 4.14 $ 26.10 $0.08 The production superintendent was pleased when he saw this report and commented: "This $0.08 excess cost is well within the 2% limit management has set for acceptable variances. It's obvious that there's not much to worry about with this product." Actual production for the month was 12,000 units. Variable overhead cost is assigned to products on the basis of direct labour-hours. There were no beginning or ending inventories of materials.