How well costs were controlled in the machining department


Kam Mammi, supervisor of the Kammi Corporation's Machining Department, was visibly upset after being reprimanded for her department's poor performance over the prior month. The department's cost control report is given below:

Kammi Corporation-Machining Department
Cost Control Report
For the Month Ended June 30

Planning
Budget
Actual
Results
Variances
  Machine-hours
42,000   
44,000   


  Direct labor wages $ 71,400    $ 72,800    $ 1,400 U
  Supplies
16,800   
18,100   
1,300 U
  Maintenance
24,900   
24,900   
0
  Utilities
18,680   
18,880   
200 U
  Supervision
48,000   
48,000   
0
  Depreciation
62,000   
62,000   
0








  Total $ 241,780    $ 244,680    $ 2,900 U









 "I just can't understand all the red ink," Jaski complained to the supervisor of another department. "When the boss called me in, I thought he was going to give me a pat on the back because I know for a fact that my department worked more efficiently last month than it has ever worked before. Instead, he tore me apart. I thought for a minute that it might be over the supplies that were stolen out of our warehouse last month. But they only amounted to a couple of hundred dollars, and just look at this report. Everything is unfavorable."

Direct labor wages and supplies are variable costs; supervision and depreciation are fixed costs; and maintenance and utilities are mixed costs. The fixed component of the budgeted maintenance cost is $12,300; the fixed component of the budgeted utilities cost is $12,800.

Complete the performance report that will help Ms. Jaski's superiors assess how well costs were controlled in the Machining Department. (Input all amounts as positive values. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.

Karaki Corporation-Machining Department
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended June 30

Activity Variances - Revenue and Spending Variances

Direct labor wages

Supplies

Maintenance

Utilities   

Supervision

Depreciation

Total

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