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 25,000 30,000 Variances Machine-hours Variable costs: Supplies Scrap Indirect materials Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total cost $ 8,100 26,600 79,400 $ 8,700 28,500 93,000 600 F 1,900 F 13,600 F 72,700 99,000 $ 285,800 69,000 99,000 $ 298, 200 3,700 U 0 $ 12,400 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 ma company's monthly budgets. keting department has chronically failed to meet the sales goals exp ed in the Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 The company's president is uneasy about the cost reports, identify at least two reasons. (Select "X" if the item is one of the reasons.) Cost reports are ineffective since budgeted costs at one level of activity are compared to actual costs at another level of activity. Cost reports show whether fixed costs are controlled and do not show whether variable costs are controlled. Cost reports are effective since budgeted costs at one level of activity are compared to actual costs at another level of activity. Cost reports show whether fixed costs and variable costs are controlled. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 What kind of reports should be used to give better insight into how well departmental supervisors are controlling costs? OFlexible budget performance reports must be used Fixed budget performance reports must be used 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 variance) Input all amounts as positive values.) Machine-hours (9) Supplies Scrap Westmont Corporation Assembly Department Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended March 31 Actual Flexible Results Budget 25,000 $ 8,100 26,600 79,400 72,700 99,000 $ 285,800 Planning Budget 30,000 $ 8,700 28,500 93,000 69,000 99,000 $ 298,200 Indirect materials Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation Total Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Were costs well controlled in March? Costs were well controlled Costs were not well controlled