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Logistics Solutions provides order fulfillment services for dot.com merchants. The company maintains warehouses that stock Items carrled 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. 205,000 Items were shipped to customers using 9.200 direct labor-hours. The company Incurred a total of $33.580 In variable overhead costs. According to the company's standards, 0.02 direct labor-hours are required to fulfill an order for one Item and the variable overhead rate Is $3.70 per direct labor-hour. Required: 1. What is the standard labor-hours allowed (SH) to ship 205,000 items to customers? 2. What Is the standard variable overhead cost allowed (SH * SR) to ship 205,000 items to customers? 3. What Is the variable overhead spending variance? 4. What is the variable overhead rate variance and the variable overhead efficiency variance? (For requirements 3 and 4, Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable. "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (1.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round Intermediate calculations.) 1. Standard quantity of labor-hours allowed 2. Standard variable overhead cost allowed 3. Variable overhead spending variance 4. Variable overhead rate variance 4. Variable overhead efficiency varianceMarvel Parts, Incorporated, manufactures auto accessories. One of the company's products is a set of seat covers that can be adjusted to fit nearly any small car. The company has a standard cost system in use for all of its products. According to the standards that have been set for the seat covers, the factory should work 1,055 hours each month to produce 2110 sets of covers. The standard costs associated with this level of production are: Total Per Set of Covers Direct materials $ 51, 273 $ 24.30 Direct labor $ 10,550 5.80 Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor-hours) $ 4,853 2.30 $ 31.60 During August, the factory worked only 1,000 direct labor-hours and produced 2100 sets of covers. The following actual costs were recorded during the month: Total Per Set of Covers Direct materials (6, 880 yards) $ 49,980 $ 23.80 Direct labor $ 10,926 5.20 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 5,460 2.60 $ 31.60 At standard, each set of covers should require 3.0 yards of material. All of the materials purchased during the month were used in production. Required: 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for August. 2. Compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for August. 3. Compute the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable. "U" for unfavorable. and "None" for no effect (1.e.. zero varlance). Input all amounts as positive values.) 1. Materials price variance 1. Materials quantity variance 2. Labor rate variance 2. Labor efficiency variance 3. Variable overhead rate variance 3. Variable overhead efficiency varianceJohn Fleming, chief administrator for Valley View Hospital, Is concerned about the costs for tests In the hospital's lab. Charges for lab tests are consistently higher at Valley View than at other hospitals and have resulted in many complaints. Also, because of strict regulations on amounts reimbursed for lab tests. payments received from Insurance companies and governmental units have not been high enough to cover lab costs. Mr. Fleming has asked you to evaluate costs In the hospital's lab for the past month. The following Information is available: a. Two types of tests are performed In the lab-blood tests and smears. During the past month. 1,100 blood tests and 3,600 smears were performed In the lab. b. Small glass plates are used in both types of tests. During the past month, the hospital purchased 18,000 plates at a cost of $58140. 2600 of these plates were unused at the end of the month; no plates were on hand at the beginning of the month. c. During the past month, 2,600 hours of labor time were recorded in the lab at a cost of $28,860. d. The lab's variable overhead cost last month totaled $21,320. Valley View Hospital has never used standard costs. By searching Industry literature, however, you have determined the following nationwide averages for hospital labs: Plates: Three plates are required per lab test. These plates cost $3.40 each and are disposed of after the test Is completed. Labor: Each blood test should require 0.8 hours to complete, and each smear should require 0.40 hours to complete. The average cost of this lab time Is $11.80 per hour. Overhead: Overhead cost is based on direct labor-hours. The average rate for variable overhead is $7.70 per hour. Required: 1. Compute a materials price variance for the plates purchased last month and a materials quantity variance for the plates used last month. 2. For labor cost In the lab: a. Compute a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance. b. In most hospitals, one-half of the workers In the lab are senior technicians and one-half are assistants. In an effort to reduce costs, Valley View Hospital employs only one-fourth senior technicians and three-fourths assistants. Would you recommend that this policy be continued? 3-a. Compute the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances. 3-b. Is there any relation between the variable overhead efficiency variance and the labor efficiency variance? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3A Req 3B Compute a materials price variance for the plates purchased last month and a materials quantity variance for the plates used last month. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) Materials price variance Materials quantity variance