
Accounting for Decision Making and Control 7th Edition by Jerold Zimmerman
Edition 7ISBN: 978-0078136726
Accounting for Decision Making and Control 7th Edition by Jerold Zimmerman
Edition 7ISBN: 978-0078136726 Exercise 11
Howard Binding
Howard Binding manufactures two types of notebooks: large and small. The large and small notebooks are made of the same cloth cover (direct materials) but in different quantities. The standard cost sheet for each follows.
At the beginning of the month, the purchasing department bought 35,000 feet of cloth for $10,850. There were no beginning inventories. During the month, 5,000 large and 8,000 small notebooks were produced. The production records for the month indicate the following actual production quantities:
Required:
a. Calculate the cloth covering price variance (i) at purchase and (ii) when the materials are actually used.
b. Discuss why the two price variances calculated in (a) differ. Which is superior (and why)?
Howard Binding manufactures two types of notebooks: large and small. The large and small notebooks are made of the same cloth cover (direct materials) but in different quantities. The standard cost sheet for each follows.


a. Calculate the cloth covering price variance (i) at purchase and (ii) when the materials are actually used.
b. Discuss why the two price variances calculated in (a) differ. Which is superior (and why)?
Explanation
Standard costing
Standard costing is th...
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