Vroom-Vroom manufactures ride-on cars for toddlers and young children. They have a fiscal year of January through December. When they were preparing their budget, they couldn't decide if a static or flexible budget would be best for their company - so they did both. It is now March, and their accounting department is catching up on analyzing variances for both January and February. Vroom-Vroom would like to use this opportunity to determine whether they would be better off with a static or flexible budget going forward. They want to choose which budget and related variance analysis provides them the best information for decision-making.

Here is the data that Vroom-Vroom used for their budgets:

Monthly budget data:

Selling price per unit-$79 per each

Raw materials cost-$32 per each

Packaging cost:$16 per each

Electricity-$5 per each

Waste and other cost-$7 per each

Salary and wages cost-$580,000 per month

Fringe benefits-50% of salaries

Rent cost-$950,000 per month

Insurance cost-$60,000 per month

Depreciation cost-$370,000 per month

Vroom-Vroom estimated sales/production will be between 100,000 and 300,000 cars per month. Their static budget is based on 200,000 cars sold per month. Assume that all units produced in a month are also sold in that month. Vroom-Vroom's unit of production/sale is a car (unit/each).

Here are the Actual Results in January and February:

Actual data:

Production (units)

JAN- 245,000

FEB- 187,000

Revenue

JAN- $19,345,000

FEB- $14,888,000

Raw materials

JAN- $7,545,000

FEB- $5,796,000

Packaging materials

JAN- $3,928,000

FEB- $2,997,000

Electricity

JAN- $1,175,000

FEB- $842,000

Waste and other costs

JAN- $1,837,000

FEB- $1,442,000

Wages

JAN- $575,000

FEB- $585,000

Fringe benefits

JAN- $287,000

FEB- $292,500

Rent

JAN- $950,000

FEB- $950,000

Insurance

JAN- $60,000

FEB- $65,000

Depreciation

JAN- $370,000

FEB- $340,000