Dawson, Inc., is a privately held furniture manufacturer. For August 2017, Dawson had the following standards for one of its products, a wicker chair:                                                                                                                                   --      Standards per Chair   --                                              Direct materials                                                3 square yards of input at $5.50 per square yard                                    Direct manufacturing labor                                              0.5 hour of input at $10.50 per hour The following data were compiled regarding actual performance: actual output units (chairs) produced, 2,200; square yards of input purchased and used, 6,200; price per square yard, $5.70; direct manufacturing labor costs, $9,844; actual hours of input, 920; labor price per hour, $10.70. Q. Show computations of price and efficiency variances for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Give a plausible explanation of why each variance occurred.

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Dawson, Inc., is a privately held furniture manufacturer. For August 2017, Dawson had the following standards for one of its products, a wicker chair:

                                                                                                                                  --      Standards per Chair   --

                                             Direct materials                                                3 square yards of input at $5.50 per square yard

                                   Direct manufacturing labor                                              0.5 hour of input at $10.50 per hour

The following data were compiled regarding actual performance: actual output units (chairs) produced, 2,200; square yards of input purchased and used, 6,200; price per square yard, $5.70; direct manufacturing labor costs, $9,844; actual hours of input, 920; labor price per hour, $10.70.

Q. Show computations of price and efficiency variances for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Give a plausible explanation of why each variance occurred.

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