Miller Toy Company manufactures a plastic swimming pool at its Westwood Plant. The standard cost for one pool is as follows: Direct materials Direct labour Variable manufacturing overhead Total standard cost Standard Quantity or Hours 1.40 kilograms 0.90 hours 0.30 machine-hours Standard Price or Rate $4.00 per kilogram $7.00 per hour $2.00 per machine-hour Standard Cost $ 5.60 6.30 0.60 $12.50 The plant has been experiencing problems for some time, as is shown by its June income statement when it made and sold 15,200 pools; the normal volume is 15,350 pools per month. Fixed costs are allocated using machine-hours. Flexible Budgeted $ 456,000 Actual $ 456,000 Sales (15,200 pools) Less: Variable expenses: Variable cost of goods sold* Variable selling expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin Less: Fixed expenses: Manufacturing overhead Selling and administrative Total fixed expenses Net income 190,000 20,300 210,300 245,700 205,690 20,300 225,990 230,010 132,000 85,120 217,120 28,580 132,000 85,120 217,120 $ 12,890 $ *Contains direct materials, direct labour, and variable manufacturing overhead. Janet Dunn, the general manager of the Westwood Plant, wants to get things under control. She needs information about the operations in June since the income statement signalled that the problem could be due to the variable cost of goods sold. Dunn learns the following about operations and costs in June: a. 31,100 kilograms of materials were purchased at a cost of $3.90 per kilogram. b. 24,600 kilograms of materials were used in production. (Finished goods and work-in-process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.) C. 11,600 direct labour-hours were worked at a cost of $8 per hour. d. Variable manufacturing overhead cost totalling $17,600 for the month was incurred. A total of 4,400 machine-hours was recorded. It is the company's policy to close all variances to cost of goods sold on a monthly basis. 3. Pick out the two most significant variances you computed in part (1). (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) Materials price variance ? Materials quantity variance ? Labour rate variance 7 Variable overhead efficiency variance ? Variable overhead spending variance ? Labour efficiency variance 4. Compute the fixed overhead cost variances. (Indicate the effect of variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Fixed overhead budget variance Fixed overhead volume variance