Waterways Corporation uses very stringent standard costs in evaluating its manufacturing efficiency. These standards are not ideal at this point, but the management is working toward that as a goal. At present, the company uses the following standards.

Materials
Item	Per unit			Cost
Metal		1 lb.			63 per lb.
Plastic		12 oz.			$1.00 per lb.
Rubber		4 oz.			88 per lb.
Direct labor
Item	Per unit			Cost
Labor		15 min.			$9.00 per hr.
Predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours = $4.11

The January figures for purchasing, production, and labor are:

The company purchased 225,900 pounds of raw materials in January at a cost of 79 a pound.

Production used 225,900 pounds of raw materials to make 114,000 units in January.

Direct labor spent 18 minutes on each product at a cost of $8.80 per hour.

Overhead costs for January totaled $50,605 variable and $71,000 fixed.

Answer the following questions about standard costs.

Instructions

Answer the following questions about standard costs.

(a) What is the materials price variance?

(b) What is the materials quantity variance?

(c) What is the total materials variance?

(d) What is the labor price variance?

(e) What is the labor quantity variance?

(f) What is the total labor variance?

(g) Evaluate the variances for this company for January. What do these variances suggest to management?