Several years ago, Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system, the factory manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the information being generated by the system. A report for the company's Assembly Department for the month of March follows: Assembly Department Cost Report For the Month Ended March 31 Machine-hours Variable costs: Actual Planning Results 25,000 Budget 30,000 Variances Supplies Scrap Indirect materials Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total cost $ 6,300 $ 6,900 $ 600 F 18,200 57,800 19,500 66,000 1,300 F 8,200 F 65,500 63,000 93,000 93,000 2,500 U $240,800 $248,400 $7,600 F After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, "These reports are super. It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports." For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals expressed in the company's monthly budgets.