Lido Company's standard and actual costsfor the most recent period, are given below:

Lido uses the following manufacturing standards Per Unit:

*Direct Material: 2metres @$1.56 per metre

*Direct Labour : 1.25Hours @ $16.00per hour

*MOH:Variable: 1.25Hours @ $3.45 per DLH

-Fixed: 1.25 Hrs @$10.00 based on capacity to produce 1,000 units

During the most recent period Lido provided the following details:

Produced 950 Units

Raw Material:

- 2,500 metres of material were purchased at $1.45 per metre, and 2,000 metres were used

Direct Labour:

- 1,420 hours oflabour wereassigned to produce 950 units. Direct labour actual hourly rate was $16.65

Actual Variable Manufacturing Overhead - MOH:

- $3.70 per labour hour.Direct Labour Hours- DLH asthe COST DRIVER foroverheadapplication.

Actual Fixed Overhead amounted to $11,500 for theperiod

Attached to this exam, is an Excel Spreadsheet with imbedded formulas designed to calculate the variances for: Direct Material - DM; Direct Labour - DL; VariableManu-facturing Overhead - MOH VC; Fixed Manufacturing Overhead - MOH FC

All the Variances have been determined.

QUESTIONS

Part I: Provide Journal Entries for:

1. The purchase and use of raw materials

2. Direct Labour

Part II: Complete the following variance report and perform the analysis that follows

Variance Analysis and Report

VariancesFU

DirectMaterials:- Price

-Quantity

DirectLabour- Rate

-Efficiency

Overhead - Variable: - Spending

-Efficiency

Fixed:- Budget

- Volume

Totals:

QUESTIONS

WHO? WHAT? WHY? Analysis (briefly):

Identify any exceptions from the above and explain why you consider them important.

Comment on the exceptions you have identified: Which variances will you seek more information on? Why?

Who are the managers you will address in order to get answers?: What information will you be looking for? Why?