There are 27,500 units of Part Number X35 on order with the suppliers and 16,250 units outstanding on existing customers' orders.If the free inventory is 13,000 units, what is the physical inventory?
A company uses a standard absorption costing system. Last month budgeted production was 8,000 units and the standard fixed production overhead cost was $15 per unit. Actual production last month was 8,500 units and the actual fixed production overhead cost was $17 per unit.What was the total adverse fixed production overhead variance for last month?
A cost centre had an overhead absorption rate of $4.25 per machine hour, based on a budgeted activity level of 12,400 machine hours.In the period covered by the budget, actual machine hours worked were 2% more than the budgeted hours and the actual overhead expenditure incurred in the cost centre was $56,389.What was the total over or under absorption of overheads in the cost centre for the period?
Which of the following would help to explain a favourable direct labour efficiency variance?
(i) Employees were of a lower skill level than specified in the standard
(ii) Better quality material was easier to process
(iii) Suggestions for improved working methods were implemented during the period
Which of the following statements is correct?
The following information relates to labour costs for the past month:
Budget Labour rate $10 per hour
Production time 15,000 hours
Time per unit 3 hours
Production units 5,000 units
Actual Wages paid $176,000
Production 5,500 units
Total hours worked 14,000 hours
There was no idle time.
What were the labour rate and efficiency variances?
