Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 7th Edition by Edward Blocher,David Stout ,Paul Juras,Gary Cokins

Exercise 45

Graphical Analysis-Variable Overhead Cost Variances You are in charge of making a presentation to operating managers regarding the meaning of the total overhead variance that appears each month on their performance reports. The controller suggested that a graphical presentation might be an effective way to communicate the essential points to your audience. As such, she provided you with this partially completed graph. This graph represents a situation where: (1) machine hours are used to apply variable overhead costs to products, and (2) there is both an unfavorable variable overhead spending variance and an unfavorable variable overhead efficiency variance for the period in question. The controller also indicated that she would like you to use the following notation for some of the items to be included in your chart: actual number of machine hours worked during the period = AQ; standard number of machine hours allowed for the output of the period = SQ; actual variable overhead cost per machine hour worked during the period = AP; and standard variable overhead cost per machine hour = SP.

Required Based on the preceding assumptions and information, properly label the following components of the above graph:
1. (A) =
2. (B) =
3. (C) =
4. (D) =
5. (E) =
6. (F) =
7. Area (G) =
8. Area (H) =
9. Area (I) =
10. Sum of areas (G), (H), and (I) =