You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the company's costing system and do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March Actual Cost Cost Formula in March Utilities $16.100 plus 50 12 per machine-hour $ 19,700 Maintenance 538,800 plus $2.10 per machine-hour $ 64,100 Supplies 50 60 per machine hour $ 8.800 Indirect labor $94,900 plus 51 50 per machine hour S 118,300 Depreciation 568 100 $ 69,800 During March, the company worked 13.000 machine-hours and produced 7,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 15,000 machine hours during March Required: 1 Prepare a flexible budget for March (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F* for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (ie, zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Flexible Budget For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies Indirect labor Depreciation Total 2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance), Input all amounts as positive values.) FAB Corporation Spending Variances For the Month Ended March 31 Utilities Maintenance Supplies indirect labor Depreciation Total References eBook & Resources