Task 4 The retail group has introduced a new product and uses a standard costing system. Produce a paper for a Management Meeting using the following data. The standard costs for 1,000 kilograms of the new product are: Requirements Quantity Price per kilogram Total Cost Kilograms Material A 1,600 0.50 800 Material B 400 0.80 320 Material C 400 0.20 80 Input Output 2,400 2,000 The production of 1,000 kilograms of the new product requires 1,200 kilograms of raw materials. Hence the yield is 1,000 / 1,200 or 5/6 of the input. The current materials records indicate: Materials Opening Inventory Purchases (units) in April Closing Inventory A 20,000 kilograms 324,000 @ 0.48 30,000 kilograms B 24,000 kilograms 60,000 @ 0.84 8,000 kilograms C 30,000 kilograms 64,000 @ 0.22 22,000 kilograms To convert 1,200 kilograms of raw materials into 1,000 kilograms of finished product required 25 hours of labour at 8.25 per hour. Actual direct labour hours and costs are 3,800 hours at 31,350. Factory overhead is applied on a direct labour hour basis at a rate of 9 per hour (5 fixed, 4 variable). Factory overhead is 36,000 with 4,000 direct labour hours. The actual overheads are 38,000. The actual finished production is 200,000 kgs. of new products. The standard cost per kilogram of the finished product is as follows: Materials Labour Factory overheads 0.60 per kilogram 0.24 per kilogram 0.20 per kilogram The standard selling price per unit is 25% mark up on total cost. The actual selling price is 20% mark up on total cost. REQUIRED: a) Calculate the materials, labour and overhead variances. b) Calculate the total and unit costs of the finished product. c) Produce an absorption costing statement that compares the standard cost of the finished product against the actual cost of the finished product. This statement should also show the standard selling price of the finished product against the actual selling price of the finished product. d) Interpret the variance results (as calculated in part a) considering both financial and non- financial factors. LO3 Assessment Criteria 3.1 Evaluate the use of different costing methods for pricing purposes. LO3 Assessment Criteria 3.2