Wilson Products uses standard costing. It allocates manufacturing overhead (both variable and fixed) to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing labor-hours (DLH). Wilson Products develops its manufacturing overhead rate from the cur- rent annual budget. The manufacturing overhead budget for 2017 is based on budgeted output of 672,000 units, requiring 3,360,000 DLH. The company is able to schedule production uniformly throughout the year. A total of 72,000 output units requiring 321,000 DLH was produced during May 2017. Manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs incurred for May amounted to $355,800. The actual costs, compared with the annual budget and 1/12 of the annual budget, are as follows: Annual Manufacturing Overhead Budget 2017 Per Monthly MOH Actual MOH Budget May 2017 Total Output Per DLH Costs for Amount Unit Input Unit May 2017 Variable MOH $ 84,000 $ 84,000 56,000 $1.50 Indirect manufacturing labor Supplies $1,008,000 672,000 $0.30 1.00 0.20 117,000 Fixed MOH Supervision 571,200 369,600 705,600 $3,326,400 0.85 0.17 47,600 30,800 58,800 $277,200 41,000 55,000 88,800 $355,800 Utilities 0.55 0.11 Depreciation 1.05 0.21 Total $4.95 $0.99
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
Calculate the Variable manufacturing overhead spending variance for Wilson Products for May 2017 Total
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