Vestern Manufacturing produces a single product. The original budget for April was based on expected production of 27,000 units; ctual production for April was 29,700 units. The original budget and actual costs incurred for the manufacturing department follow: Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead Total Original Budget Actual Costs $ 450,900 378,000 $ 505,000 423,300 175,500 70,000 162,000 77,000 $ 1,067,900 $ 1,173,800 equired: Prepare an appropriate performance report for the manufacturing department.
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
![Western Manufacturing produces a single product. The original budget for April was based on expected production of 27,000 units;
actual production for April was 29,700 units. The original budget and actual costs incurred for the manufacturing department follow:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Total
Required:
Original Budget Actual Costs
$ 450,900
378,000
$ 505,000
423,300
162,000
77,000
175,500
70,000
$ 1,067,900
$ 1,173,800
Prepare an appropriate performance report for the manufacturing department.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for
unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).
Item
Original Budget
(27,000 units)
Flexed Budget
(29,700 units)
Actual Cost
Variance
Direct materials
$
450,900
$ 505,000
Direct labor
378,000
423,300
Variable overhead
162,000
175,500
Fixed overhead
Total
77,000
70,000
$
1,067,900
$1,173,800](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F77ff2a96-543b-4770-bd8f-7777014afad2%2Fe836761d-6284-4f3f-babd-2e04758c81d9%2F26dnlmk_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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