the total cost of direct materials and direct manufacturing labour in the flexible budget? unfavourable. (Round all answers to the nearest cent.) xx More info Donna Dee has a policy of analyzing all input variances when they add up to more than 8% of the total cost of materials and labour in the flexible budget, and this is true in May 2017. The production manager discusses the sources of the variances: "A new type of material was purchased in May. This led to faster cutting and sewing, but the workers used more material than usual as they learned to work with it. For now, the standards are fine." Get more help