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Mr. Jed Baker
UP NY Diner
United States
Thank you for entrusting us to access the company’s performance in June and giving the
opportunity for us to make recommendations to help ensure the productivity of the business. The
paragraph below will present you with our critiques of the variance analysis and the variance
analysis we conducted using our financial analysis.
The variance report done by Jed and his grandchildren doesn’t reflect the accurate performance
of Janice Young and the Central Kitchen. The variance was done using a static budget, which
doesn’t account for extenuating circumstances. You cannot know what the cause of the problem
was with using the variance report. To get a more accurate depiction of the variance using a
flexible budget, which uses the actual production value to be able to more closely predict how
things will work out, as we did below:
Account
Actual cost
Flexible
budget
Total Budget
Variance
Price/Rate
Variance
Qty/Efficiency
Variance
Dough
$315.00
$275
$40 U
$(15) F
$440 U
Filling/spice
$1,050.00
$900
$150 U
$210 U
$(96) F
Grouper fish
$5,460.00
$5000
$460 U
$910 U
$(650) F
Direct labor
$2,337.50
$2250
$87.5 U
$(137.5) F
$135 U
Variable OH
$1,893.00
$2062.5
$(169.5) F
$(169.13) F
$112.5 U
Total
$11,055.50
$10487.5
$568 U
$798.38 U
$(58.5) F
*Calculations are on page 3 and 4
Our findings in this report suggest some points, first, about direct materials. At the quantity
variance of dough, there is an unfavorable $440, which means you seem to waste dough; you
should use it efficiently. For price variances of Filling spice and Grouper fish, both show
unfavorable, the supplier might raise the price of the materials, but you should have purchased
them at a lower price. But about quantity variance of Grouper fish is $650 favorable. We can say
you could use materials efficiently or reduce waste and spoilage thanks to higher-quality fish.
Focusing on direct labor efficiency variance, which is also $135 unfavorable. We think you did
not work as efficiently as you can. Finally, focusing on variable OH efficiency variance, $112.5
being unfavorable is probably caused by many reasons. For example, materials may not have
been used efficiently because the quality of materials was not good, or production methods were
not efficient. Because of these reasons, the total budget is also unfavorable.
The variance that we found to be the most worrisome is the quality variance with the dough. This
variance suggests that the dough is being wasted and not used efficiently. With them being made
to order and the chefs typically volunteering family friends, a recipe can help provide some
consistency. Having this more accurate description of the budget will allow us to have a better
sense of how productive the preparation of the pasties is. It also gives insight and allows us to be
able to better predict future trends in production. The price variance in direct labor is also
worrisome, but we believe that our recommendation to create a recipe will inherently solve this.
Acknowledging these variances should perhaps encourage you to have a more specific recipe
when making the pasties.
Thank you.
Yoko Shimizu
Mya Morris
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