Which department is usually held responsible for an unfavourable materials quantity variance?

Multiple Choice

• Marketing.
• Purchasing.
• Engineering.
• Production.

17 Variable & Absorption Costing with detailed (expanded) Cost of Goods Sold ABC Inc. has just organized a new division to manufacture and sell specially designed computer tables, using select hardwoods. The division's monthly costs are shown in the schedule below: 14 points Manufacturing costs: variable costs per unit: 02:20:42 Direct materials 174 Variable manufacturing overhead S 10 Fixed manufacturing overhead costs (total) $575, 230 Selling and administrative costs: variable 15% of sales Fixed (total) $367, 770 ABC regards all of its workers as full-time employees, and the company has a long-standing no-layoff policy. Furthermore, production is highly automated. Accordingly, the company includes its labour costs in its fixed manufacturing overhead. The tables sell for $535 each. During the first month of operations, the following activity was recorded: Units produced 4, 715 Units sold 3,540 Required: 1. Compute the unit product cost under each of the following costing method. Unit Product Cost a. Absorption costing b. Variable costing 2. Prepare an income statement for the month using absorption costing. (Do not leave any empty spaces; input a 0 wherever it is required.) Cost of goods sold:3. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. (Do not leave any empty spaces; input a 0 wherever it is required.) Variable expenses: Variable cost of goods sold: 0 0 0 Fixed expenses: 0 $ 0 4. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing operating income figures in (2) and (3) above. Variable costing operating income (loss) Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing operating income (loss) $