Question

Hermansen Corporation produces large commercial doors for warehouses and other facilities. In the most recent month, the company budgeted production of 5,100 doors. Actual production was 5,400 doors. According to standards, each door requires 3.8 machine-hours. The actual machine-hours for the month were 20,880 machine-hours. The standard supplies cost is $7.90 per machine-hour. The actual supplies cost for the month was $152,063. Supplies cost is an element of variable manufacturing overhead. The variable overhead efficiency variance for supplies cost is:

Answer 1

Answer:

Variable overhead efficiency variance =  $2,212unfavorable

Explanation:

variable overhead efficiency variance: Variable overhead efficiency variance aims to determine whether or not their exist savings or extra cost incurred on variable overhead as a result of workers being faster or slower that expected.

Since the variable overhead is charged using labour hours, any amount by which the actual labour hours differ from the standard allowable hours would result in a variance  

                                                                                       Hours

5,400 units should have taken (5,400×3.8 hours)   20,520

but did take                                                                 20,800

Labour hours variance                                                280 unfavorable

Standard variable overhead rate                         ×     $ 7.90 per hour

Variable overhead efficiency variance                     $2,212  unfavorable

Variable overhead efficiency variance =  $2,212unfavorable