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 Actual Planning Results Budget 15,000 20,000 Variances Machine-hours Variable costs: Supplies Scrap Indirect materials Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total cost $ 10,800 39,200 111,800 $ 11,400 42,000 133,500 $ 600 F 2,800 F 21,700 F 83,500 108,000 $ 353,300 78,000 108,000 $ 372,900 5,500 U 0 $ 19,600 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. 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. Required: 1. The company's president is uneasy about the cost reports, identify at least two reasons. 2. What kind of reports should be used to give better insight into how well departmental supervisors are controlling costs? 3. Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach. 4. Were costs well controlled in March? Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Complete the new performance report for the quarter, based on Flexible Budget Performance approach. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero varia Input all amounts as positive values.) Westmont Corporation Assembly Department Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended March 31 Actua Results kib Budget Machine-hours (a) Supplies Scrap 15,000 10,800 $ U F 39,200 U F Planning Budget 20,000 $ 11,400 42,000 133,500 78,000 108,000 $ 372,900 Indirect materials U F 111,800 83,500 U None Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total None None 108,000 $ 353,300 U F