Logistics Solutions provides order fulfillment services for dot.com merchants. The company maintains warehouses that stock items carried by its dot.com clients. When a client receives an order from a customer, the order is forwarded to Logistics Solutions, which pulls the item from storage, packs it, and ships it to the customer. The company uses a predetermined variable overhead rate based on direct labor- hours. In the most recent month, 160,000 items were shipped to customers using 6,500 direct labor-hours. The company incurred a total of $20,800 in variable overhead costs. According to the company's standards, 0.03 direct labor-hours are required to fulfill an order for one item and the variable overhead rate is $3.25 per direct labor-hour. Required: 1. According to the standards, what variable overhead cost should have been incurred to fill the orders for the 160,000 items? How much does this differ from the actual variable overhead cost? (Round labor- hours per item and overhead cost per hour to 2 decimal places.) Number of items shipped Standard direct labor-hours per item Total direct labor-hours allowed Standard variable overhead cost per hour Total standard variable overhead cost Actual variable overhead cost incurred Total standard variable overhead cost Total variable overhead variance 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a variable overhead rate variance and a variable overhead efficiency variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Variable overhead rate variance Variable overhead efficiency variance Erie Company manufactures a small mp3 player called the Jogging Mate. The company uses standards to control its costs. The labor standards that have been set for one Jogging Mate mp3 player are as follows: Standard Hours 27 minutes Standard Rate per Hour $6.00 Standard Cost $2.70 During August, 9,555 hours of direct labor time were needed to make 19,500 units of the Jogging Mate. The direct labor cost totaled $55,419 for the month. Required: 1. According to the standards, what direct labor cost should have been incurred to make 19,500 units of the Jogging Mate? By how much does this differ from the cost that was incurred? (Round Standard labo time per unit and Standard direct labor rate to 2 decimal places.) Number of units manufactured Standard labor time per unit Total standard hours of labor time allowed Standard direct labor rate per hour Total standard direct labor cost Actual direct labor cost Standard direct labor cost Total variance 2. Break down the difference in cost from (1) above into a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Do not round intermediate calculations.) Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance 3. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead rate is $4.1 per direct labor-hour. During August, the company incurred $43,953 in variable manufacturing overhead cost. Compute the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances for the month. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.) Variable overhead rate variance Variable overhead efficiency variance
