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Hanson Inc Zippy Operations Summary Actual amounts Units produced - what we actually made Direct material purchases Direct material usage WIP Direct labour cost $ 23,250 Variable overhead $ 5,115 Fixed overhead (I added this) Standard (Budget) amounts Units produced - what we thought we were going to make Direct material purchases (not given) Direct material usage WIP (Standard 1.5 kg/unit) Direct labour cost (Standard: 1.5 DLH/unit) $ 22,875 Variable overhead (cost driver DLH) $ 4,500 Fixed overhead - based on 1,000 units produced Fixed overhead - based on 1,000 units produced Required: Using the data and answer sheets provided, calculate the variances for each of the following catagories: A) Direct materials purchased / used in production - is the new supplier working out? B) Direct labor - how did the Direct Labor mix work out? C) Variable overhead D) Fixed Overhead Last Month 1,000 units (Zippy's) kilograms (kg) kilograms (kg) 1,550 direct-labour hours (DLH) cost driver: DLH cost driver: DLH 1,000 units (Zippy's) kilograms (kg) kilograms (kg) 1,500 direct-labour hours (DLH) cost driver: DLH cost driver: DLH standard DLH Last Month Hanson Inc Zippy Operations Summary Actual amounts Units produced - what we actually made Direct material purchases Direct material usage WIP Direct labour cost $ 23,250 Variable overhead $ 5,115 Fixed overhead (I added this) Standard (Budget) amounts Units produced - what we thought we were going to make Direct material purchases (not given) Direct material usage WIP (Standard 1.5 kg/unit) Direct labour cost (Standard: 1.5 DLH/unit) $ 22,875 Variable overhead (cost driver DLH) $ 4,500 Fixed overhead - based on 1,000 units produced Fixed overhead - based on 1,000 units produced Required: Using the data and answer sheets provided, calculate the variances for each of the following catagories: A) Direct materials purchased / used in production - is the new supplier working out? B) Direct labor - how did the Direct Labor mix work out? C) Variable overhead D) Fixed Overhead Last Month 1,000 units (Zippy's) kilograms (kg) kilograms (kg) 1,550 direct-labour hours (DLH) cost driver: DLH cost driver: DLH 1,000 units (Zippy's) kilograms (kg) kilograms (kg) 1,500 direct-labour hours (DLH) cost driver: DLH cost driver: DLH standard DLH Last Month