Total Product Cost and Per-Unit Product Cost Slapshot Company makes ice hockey sticks. Last week, direct materials (wood, paint,
Kevlar, and resin) costing $26,000 were put into production. Direct labor of $20,000 (10 workers x 100 hours x $20 per hour) was incurred. Manufacturing overhead equaled $70,000. By the end of the week, the company had manufactured 7,000 hockey sticks. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW.
The advantages of requiring both the original and final appropriated budget amounts are:
1. It enables comparison of original (static) budget with the final (flexible) budget.
2. From the comparison, management assesses performances based on actual performance versus original and final budgets respectively.
3. The significant changes based on the level of activity are easily determined.
Explanation:
The use of original and final budgets helps in the comparison with actual performance. It clearly shows the effect of the level of activity on budget performance.
