Don Johnson is the management accountant for Cari-Blocks (CB), which manufactures specialty blocks. CB uses two direct cost categories: direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Johnson feels that manufacturing overhead is most closely related to material usage. Therefore, CB allocates manufacturing overhead to production based upon pounds of materials used.   At the beginning of 2021, CB budgeted annual production of 200,000 blocks and adopted the following standards for each block:       Input Cost/Block Direct materials 0.5 lb. @ $12/lb. $ 6.00 Direct manufacturing labour 1.4 hours @ $20/hour 28.00 Manufacturing overhead:               Variable $6/lb. 0.5 lb. 3.00   Fixed $15/lb. 0.3 lb. 4.50       Standard cost per block     $41.50 Actual results for April 2021 were as follows:               Production   24,000 blocks           Direct materials purchased   12,000 lb. at $13/lb. Direct materials used   11,450 lb.                                 Direct manufacturing labor 38,000 hours for $798000 Variable manufacturing overhead $68,150 Fixed manufacturing overhead $155,000         Required:   Prepare a schedule of total standard manufacturing costs for the 24,000 production of blocks in April 2021.   For the month of April, compute the following variances, indicating whether each is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U):    (e) Variable manufacturing overhead spending variance   (f) Variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance   (g)Fixed manufacturing overhead spending variance   (h) Production-volume variance

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Don Johnson is the management accountant for Cari-Blocks (CB), which manufactures specialty blocks. CB uses two direct cost categories: direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Johnson feels that manufacturing overhead is most closely related to material usage. Therefore, CB allocates manufacturing overhead to production based upon pounds of materials used.

 

At the beginning of 2021, CB budgeted annual production of 200,000 blocks and adopted the following standards for each block:

 

 

 

Input

Cost/Block

Direct materials

0.5 lb. @ $12/lb.

$ 6.00

Direct manufacturing labour

1.4 hours @ $20/hour

28.00

Manufacturing overhead:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable

$6/lb. 0.5 lb.

3.00

 

Fixed

$15/lb. 0.3 lb.

4.50

 

 

 

Standard cost per block

 

 

$41.50

Actual results for April 2021 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production

 

24,000 blocks

 

 

 

 

 

Direct materials purchased

 

12,000 lb. at $13/lb.

Direct materials used

 

11,450 lb.

 

 

 

 

 

                   

 

Direct manufacturing labor

38,000 hours for $798000

Variable manufacturing overhead

$68,150

Fixed manufacturing overhead

$155,000

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

Prepare a schedule of total standard manufacturing costs for the 24,000 production of blocks in April 2021.

 

For the month of April, compute the following variances, indicating whether each is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U):

 

 (e) Variable manufacturing overhead spending variance

 

(f) Variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance

 

(g)Fixed manufacturing overhead spending variance

 

(h) Production-volume variance

 

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