question 1

a) Explain the similarities and differences between standards and budgets.

(b) Contrast the accounting for standards and budgets.

question 2

Explain four perspectives of Balance Score Cards. Why Balance Score Card is important in the business?

E23-3Kimm Company has gathered the following information about its product.

Direct materials. Each unit of product contains 4.5 pounds of materials. The average

waste and spoilage per unit produced under normal conditions is 0.5 pounds. Materials

cost $5 per pound, but Kimm always takes the 2% cash discount all of its suppliers

offer. Freight costs average $0.25 per pound.

Direct labor.Each unit requires 2 hours of labor. Setup, cleanup, and downtime average

0.3 hours per unit. The average hourly pay rate of Kimm's employees is $12. Payroll

taxes and fringe benefits are an additional $3 per hour.

Manufacturing overhead. Overhead is applied at a rate of $7 per direct labor hour.

Instructions:Compute Kimm's total standard cost per unit.

E23-13 Wales Company purchased (at a cost of $10,800) and used 2,400 pounds of

materials during May. Wales's standard cost of materials per unit produced is based on

2 pounds per unit at a cost $5 per pound. Production in May was 1,070 units.

Instructions:

(a) Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for materials.

(b) Assume Wales also had an unfavorable labor quantity variance. What is a possible

scenario that would provide one cause for the variances computed in (a) and the unfavorable

labor quantity variance?