Maria Dee, Inc. designs and manufactures fleece quarter-zip jackets. It sells its jackets to brand-name outdoor outfitters in lots of one dozen. Maria Dee's May 2020 static budget and actual results for direct inputs are as follows:

Requirements

1.	Calculate the direct materials and direct manufacturing labor price and efficiency variances in May 2020. What is the total flexiblebudget variance for both inputs (direct materials and direct manufacturing labor) combined? What percentage is this variance of the total cost of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor in the flexible budget?
2.	Comment on the May 2020 results. Would you continue the "experiment" of using the new material?

Data table

Static Budget
Number of jacket lots (1 lot = 1 dozen)	650
Per Lot of Jackets:
Direct materials	10 yards at $1.60 per yard = $16.00
Direct manufacturing labor	1.7 hours at $7.50 per hour = $12.75
Actual Results
Number of jacket lots sold	675
Total Direct Inputs:
Direct materials	8,100 yards at $1.80 per yard = $14,580.00
Direct manufacturing labor	1,013 hours at $7.60 per hour = $7,698.80

More info

Maria Dee has a policy of analyzing all input variances when they add up to more than 8% of the total cost of materials and labor in the flexible budget, and this is true in May 2020. The production manager discusses the sources of the variances: "A new type of material was purchased in May. This led to faster cutting and sewing, but the workers used more material than usual as they learned to work with it. For now, the standards are fine."

Requirement 1. Calculate the direct materials and direct manufacturing labor price and efficiency variances in May 2020. What is the total flexible-budget variance for both inputs (direct materials and direct manufacturing labor) combined? What percentage is this variance of the total cost of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor in the flexible budget?

Begin by calculating the direct materials and direct manufacturing labor price and efficiency variances in May 2020. Complete the actual results, price variance, and cost columns, then the efficiency variance and flexible budget columns. Label each variance as favorable or unfavorable.

	Actual	Price		Actual Input Qty
May 2020	Results	Variance		Budgeted Price
Units
Direct materials
Direct labor
Total variance