Question

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 materials: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound $40.00
Direct labor: 2 hours at $14 per hour 28.00
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $5 per hour 10.00
Total standard cost per unit $78.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 30,000 units and incurred the following costs:

a. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
b. Direct laborers worked 55,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour.
c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $280,500.

Required:
a. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's planning budget for March?
b. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?
c. What is the materials price variance for March?

Answer 1

Answer:

Results are below.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Direct materials: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound $40.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units.

a)

The material cost included in the planning budget is the standard cost multiplied for the budgeted production.

Direct material requiered= 25,000*5= 100,000 pounds

Standard cost per pound= $5

Direct material budget= 100,000*5= $500,000

b)

The raw material's flexible budget adapts to the actual production level.

Direct material flexible budget= standard cost*actual material used in production

Direct material flexible budget= 5*160,000

Direct material flexible budget= $800,000

c)

To calculate the direct material price variance, we need to use the following formula:

Direct material price variance= (standard price - actual price)*actual quantity

Direct material price variance= (5 - 7.5)*160,000

Direct material price variance= $400,000 unfavorable