Sole Purpose Shoe Company

Sole Purpose Shoe Company is owned and operated by Sarah Charles. The company manufactures casual shoes, with manufacturing facilities in your state. Sarah began the business this year, and while she has a great deal of experience in manufacturing popular and comfortable shoes, she needs some help in evaluating her results for the year, and asks for your help.

Direct Materials

Under normal conditions, Sarah spends $8.40 per unit of materials, and it will take 3.60 units of material per pair of shoes. During July, Sole Purpose Shoe Company incurred actual direct materials costs of $63,101 for 7,090 units of direct materials in the production of 2,175 pairs of shoes.

Complete the following table, showing the direct materials variance relationships for July for Sole Purpose Shoe Company. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. When entering variances, use a negative number for a favorable cost variance, and a positive number for an unfavorable cost variance.

Actual Cost								Standard Cost
Actual Quantity	X	Actual Price		Actual Quantity	X	Standard Price		Standard Quantity	X	Standard Price
7,090	X	$		7,090	X	$8.40			X	$8.40
	=$				= $59,556				= $
			Unfavorable Direct Materials Price Variance:				Favorable Direct Materials Quantity Variance:
			$				$
					Favorable Total Direct Materials Cost Variance:
					$

Direct Labor

Under normal conditions, Sarah pays her employees $8.50 per hour, and it will take 2.80 hours of labor per pair of shoes. During August, Sole Purpose Shoe Company incurred actual direct labor costs of $65,340 for 7,260 hours of direct labor in the production of 2,200 pairs of shoes.

Complete the following table, showing the direct labor variance relationships for August for Sole Purpose Shoe Company. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. When entering variances, use a negative number for a favorable variance, and a positive number for an unfavorable variance.

Actual Cost								Standard Cost
Actual Hours	X	Actual Rate		Actual Hours	X	Standard Rate		Standard Hours	X	Standard Rate
	X	$			X	$			X	$
	= $				= $				=$
			Unfavorable Direct Labor Rate Variance:				Unfavorable Direct Labor Time Variance:
			$				$
					Unfavorable Total Direct Labor Cost Variance:
					$