Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:
Direct material: 5 pounds at $10.00 per pound $ 50.00
Direct labor: 2 hours at $13.00 per hour 26.00
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $8.00 per hour 16.00
Total standard variable cost per unit $ 92.00
The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:
Fixed Cost per Month Variable Cost
per Unit Sold
Advertising $ 400,000
Sales salaries and commissions $ 130,000 $ 11.00
Shipping expenses $ 3.00
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 32,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 37,600 units and incurred the following costs:
a. Purchased 200,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.40 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
b. Direct-laborers worked 65,000 hours at a rate of $14.00 per hour.
c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $525,000.
d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $416,000,
6. What direct labor cost would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?
Direct labor cost?
7. What is the direct labor efficiency variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Labor efficiency variance?
8. What is the direct labor rate variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Labor rate variance?
9. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?
Variable manufacturing overhead cost?
10. What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Variable overhead efficiency variance ?
11. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Variable overhead rate variance ?
12. Preble Company
Flexible Budget
For the Month Ended March 31
Units sold (q) 37,600
Expenses:
Advertising
Sales salaries and commissions
Shipping expenses
Total $0
13. What is the spending variance related to advertising? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Spending variance
14. What is the spending variance related to sales salaries and commissions? (Input the amounts as positive values. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Spending variance?
15. What is the spending variance related to shipping expenses? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)
Spending VARIANCE?