Profitability and Cost Management Shared Interest Group

  • 1.  part 1 sec C variance

    Posted 05-03-2025 08:14 AM
    Annual budgeted fixed overhead costs for normal capacity level of 10,000 articles reviewed and edited
    $600,000
    Standard professional hours per 10 articles
    200
    Flexible budget of standard labor costs to process 10,000 articles
    $10,000,000
    The following data apply to the 9,500 articles that were actually reviewed and edited during the current year.
    Total hours used by professional staff
    192,000
    Flexible costs
    $9,120,000
    Total cost
    $9,738,000
    Awnser
    Standard Actual
    articles                                          10,000.00                 9,500.00
    Standards hours Req per article                                        200,000.00            190,000.00
    standard hours per Article                                                  20.00
    Actual hours to produce 9500Articles
               192,000.00
    USD
    Budgeted                                   10,000,000.00
    Cost per Hour                                                  50.00
    Labor Efficiency Variance=(Standard Hours−Actual Hours)×Standard Rate          (100,000.00) unfavorable


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    Saqib Baig
    Abu Dhabi
    United Arab Emirates
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