Question

The Manchester Corporation manufactures wooden pictures frames. In order to better manage costs, the Manchester Corporation had previously developed the following standards for the manufacture of its product:
Each unit should have 3/4 of a pound of direct materials purchased at $12 per pound.
Each unit should be produced in 48 minutes at a direct labor cost of $16 per hour. The company had the following detailed retails:
Actual production was 20,000 units using 14,600 pounds of direct materials at a total cost of $168,000 and required 11,000 direct labor hours at a total cost of $190,000.

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The Manchester Corporation manufactures wooden pictures frames. In order to better manage costs, the Manchester Corporation had previously developed the following standards for the manufacture of its product:

Each unit should have 3/4 of a pound of direct materials purchased at $12 per pound.

Each unit should be produced in 48 minutes at a direct labor cost of $16 per hour. The company had the following detailed retails:

Actual production was 20,000 units using 14,600 pounds of direct materials at a total cost of $168,000 and required 11,000 direct labor hours at a total cost of $190,000.

What is the company cost variance related to direct labour

Answer:

Direct labour cost total Variance  = $66,000 favorable

Explanation:

The direct labor cost total variance is the difference between standard labour cost of the actual production achieved and the actual labour cost.

The standard labour cost of labour per unit of output is not given. So, we work it out first

Standard labour cost per unit= 48/60× $16= 12.8 per unit

                                                                                                   $

20,000 units should have cost (20,000× 12.8)                256,000

but did cost                                                                         190,000

Direct labour cost total Variance                                       66,000 favorable

Direct labour cost total Variance  = $66,000 favorable