Exam 9: Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations

The Maxwell Corporation has a standard costing system in which variable manufacturing overhead is assigned to production on the basis of standard machine-hours. The following data are available for July: • Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred: $22,620 • Actual machine-hours worked: 1,600 hours • Variable overhead rate variance: $3,420 Unfavorable • Total variable overhead spending variance: $4,620 Unfavorable The variable overhead efficiency variance for July is:

Eliezrie Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In January the company's budgeted production was 7,400 units but the actual production was 7,500 units. The company used 45,580 kilos of the direct material and 2,030 direct labor-hours to produce this output. During the month, the company purchased 48,500 kilos of the direct material at a cost of $53,350. The actual direct labor cost was $18,473 and the actual variable overhead cost was $7,714. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The variable overhead rate variance for January is:

A static planning budget is:

Longview Hospital performs blood tests in its laboratory. The following standards have been set for each blood test performed: During May, the laboratory performed 1,500 blood tests. On May 1 there were no direct materials (plates) on hand; after a plate is used for a blood test it is discarded. Variable overhead is assigned to blood tests on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The following events occurred during May: • 3,600 plates were purchased for $9,540 • 3,200 plates were used for blood tests • 340 actual direct labor-hours were worked at a cost of $5,550 The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The labor rate variance for May is:

Toadvine Clinic uses patient-visits as its measure of activity. During April, the clinic budgeted for 3,800 patient-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,400 patient-visits. The clinic uses the following revenue and cost formulas in its budgeting, where q is the number of patient-visits: Revenue: $39.70q Personnel expenses: $38,700 + $11.50q Medical supplies: $1,000 + $7.30q Occupancy expenses: $11,700 + $1.30q Administrative expenses: $6,700 + $0.30q The clinic reported the following actual results for April: Required: Prepare a report showing the clinic's revenue and spending variances for April. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Jiminian Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During March, the clinic budgeted for 3,700 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,660 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for March: The medical supplies in the flexible budget for March would be closest to:

Gilder Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in June. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials price variance for June is:

Longview Hospital performs blood tests in its laboratory. The following standards have been set for each blood test performed: During May, the laboratory performed 1,500 blood tests. On May 1 there were no direct materials (plates) on hand; after a plate is used for a blood test it is discarded. Variable overhead is assigned to blood tests on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The following events occurred during May: • 3,600 plates were purchased for $9,540 • 3,200 plates were used for blood tests • 340 actual direct labor-hours were worked at a cost of $5,550 The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The variable overhead efficiency variance for May is:

Blue Corporation's standards call for 2,500 direct labor-hours to produce 1,000 units of product. During May 900 units were produced and the company worked 2,400 direct labor-hours. The standard hours allowed for May production would be:

Fixed costs should be ignored when evaluating how well a manager has controlled costs.

Biery Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company produced 4,100 units in April using 5,380 liters of direct material and 2,610 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 6,000 liters of the direct material at $5.80 per liter. The actual direct labor rate was $19.80 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $2.90 per hour. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The variable overhead rate variance for April is:

An unfavorable labor rate variance can occur if workers with high hourly wage rates are assigned to work on products with standards that assume workers have low hourly wage rates.

Branner Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. During June, the company budgeted for 26,000 customers, but actually served 23,000 customers. The company bases its budgets on the following information: Revenue should be $2.80 per customer served. Wages and salaries should be $22,100 per month plus $0.70 per customer served. Supplies should be $0.50 per customer served. Insurance should be $5,200 per month. Miscellaneous expenses should be $2,100 per month plus $0.30 per customer served. The company reported the following actual results for June: Required: Prepare a report showing the company's revenue and spending variances for June. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Kudej Printing uses two measures of activity, press runs and book set-ups, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for wages and salaries is $8,360 per month plus $570 per press run plus $910 per book set-up. The company expected its activity in May to be 194 press runs and 74 book set-ups, but the actual activity was 195 press runs and 72 book set-ups. The actual cost for wages and salaries in May was $188,370. The spending variance for wages and salaries in May would be closest to:

Paradiso Medical Clinic measures its activity in terms of patient-visits. Last month, the budgeted level of activity was 1,060 patient-visits and the actual level of activity was 1,050 patient-visits. The cost formula for administrative expenses is $3.00 per patient-visit plus $17,000 per month. The actual administrative expense was $19,300. In the clinic's performance report for last month, the spending variance for administrative expenses was:

A favorable materials quantity variance occurs when the actual quantity used in production is less than the standard quantity allowed for the actual output of the period.

The variance that is usually most useful in assessing the performance of the purchasing department manager is:

Bard Hotel bases its budgets on guest-days. The hotel's static budget for January appears below: The total cost at the activity level of 10,300 guest-days per month should be:

Cearns Memorial Diner is a charity supported by donations that provides free meals to the homeless. The diner's budget for December is to be based on 3,900 meals. The diner's director has provided the following cost formulas to use in the budget: Required: Prepare the diner's budget for the month of December. The budget will only contain the costs listed above; no revenues will be on the budget.

Tysor Framing's cost formula for its supplies cost is $2,610 per month plus $17 per frame. For the month of July, the company planned for activity of 710 frames, but the actual level of activity was 712 frames. The actual supplies cost for the month was $14,540. The spending variance for supplies cost in July would be closest to: