Question: Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis
Best Faucet Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from zinc. Manufacturing has 70 employees. Each employee presently provides 32 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:
| Standard wage per hour |
$12.6 |
| Standard labor time per faucet |
15 min. |
| Standard number of lbs. of zinc |
1.7 lbs. |
| Standard price per lb. of zinc |
$12 |
| Actual price per lb. of zinc |
$12.25 |
| Actual lbs. of zinc used during the week |
13,100 lbs. |
| Number of faucets produced during the week |
7,500 |
| Actual wage per hour |
$13 |
| Actual hours per week |
2,240 hrs. |
Required: a. Determine the standard cost per faucet for direct materials and direct labor. Round the cost per unit to two decimal places.
| Direct materials standard cost per faucet |
$ |
| Direct labor standard cost per faucet |
$ |
| Total standard cost per faucet |
$ |
b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
| Price variance |
$ |
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| Quantity variance |
$ |
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| Total direct materials cost variance |
$ |
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c. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
| Rate variance |
$ |
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| Time variance |
$ |
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| Total direct labor cost variance |
$ |
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