t
You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the company's costing system and "do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control. After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March: Actual Cost in Cost Formula March $16,800 plus $0.12 per machine-hour $38,800 plus $1.20 per Utilities $4 21,120 Maintenance $4 57,800 machine-hour $0.70 per machine-hour $94,300 plus $1.80 per machine-hour %24 Supplies Indirect 14,500 %24 133,000 labor Depreciation $67,600 %$4 69,300 During March, the company worked 19,000 machine-hours and produced 13,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 21,000 machine-hours during March. s question in the previous attempt. Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March. 2. Calculate the spending variances for March. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Calculate the activity variances for March. (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.) FAB Corporation Activity Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Denreciation 2 Calculate the spending variances for March. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Calculate the spending variances for March. (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.) FAB Corporation Spending Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies ndirect labor Depreciation otal 3 of 4 ... ... Next >