Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labour-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: 40 Direet materiali 3 pounde atopar pound Direct Tabourhoor 015 per hour Variable overhead hours at 89 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit 27 $112 Fixed overhead was budgeted at $615,000 Fixed overhead is applied on the basis of direct labour-hours. The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Pixed cost per month $350,000 $250,000 Variable Cont per Unit Sold Advertising Sales salaries and commission Shipping expenses $13.00 $ 4.00 The static fie.. planning) budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $6.5 per pound. All of this material was used in production b. Direct-labourers worked 70,000 hours at a rate of $16 per hour c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $655,200. And fixed manufacturing overhead was $610,000 d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $364,000, $579,000, and $130,000, respectively Required: What is the direct labour efficiency variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Leave no cells blank - be certaint enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and " For no effect (i.e., zero variance.).) Labour officiency. variance 1 shipping expenses 6.00 The static (le planning) budget for March was based on producing and selling 21000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $6.5 per pound. All of this material was used in production b. Direct-labourers worked 70,000 hours at a rate of $16 per hour c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $655,200. And fixed manufacturing overhead was $610,000 d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $364,000, $579,000, and $130,000, respectively Required: What is the direct labour efficiency variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "P" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).) Labour eliciency variance
