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Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
of direct materials actually used is the direct materials __________ usage (or quantity or efficiency) variance. 10. Which of the following terms would NOT be considered a price variance in a standard cost system?...
at the time the materials are purchased. Select... bill budgets efficiency output price rate standard unfavorable usage variance 16. The name often used for the materials quantity variance. Select... bill budgets...
Is there a relationship between direct materials variances and direct labor variances? Definition of Direct Materials Variances Direct materials variances (pertaining to standard costing) commonly consist of two...
A variance arising in a standard costing system that indicates the difference between 1) the standard cost of the direct labor that should have been used (the standard hours times the standard rate) for the good output,...
Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
In standard costing, the quantity variance could be the direct materials’ usage variance or the direct labor’s efficiency variance. The quantity variance is the difference between the quantity of inputs that...
A variance arising in a standard costing system that indicates the difference between the standard cost of direct materials that should have been used (standard quantity times standard cost) for the good output and the...
A variance arising in a standard costing system that indicates the difference between the actual cost of direct materials and the standard cost of direct materials. Recognizing this variance at the time the direct...
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What does the direct labor efficiency variance tell us? This variance tells us how efficient the direct labor was in making the actual output that was produced by the direct labor. The direct labor efficiency variance...
Is a favorable variance always an indicator of efficiency in operation? In a standard costing system, some favorable variances are not indicators of efficiency in operations. For example, the materials price variance,...
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overhead variances include the budget variance and the production __________ variance. 4. If manufacturing overhead is applied using the standard direct labor hours and the actual direct labor hours were more than...
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What is the normal balance of the direct materials variance accounts? I don’t believe there is a normal balance. If a company pays exactly the standard cost of its direct materials, there will be no balance in the...
Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
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What are direct materials? Definition of Direct Materials Direct materials are defined as: Traceable matter that is converted by a manufacturer into products Part of manufacturer’s production costs A variable cost of a...
That component of a product that has not yet been placed into the product or into work-in-process inventory. This account often contains the standard cost of the direct materials on hand. A manufacturer must disclose in...
Raw materials that are a traceable component of a manufactured product. For example, the direct material of a baseball bat is the wood. Flour, sugar, and vegetable oil are direct materials of a company that manufactures...
Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
the standard cost per pound (or some other unit of measure such as gallons, liters, etc.) Variances direct management’s attention to areas where the company’s operations are deviating from the company’s budgets...
In standard costing the difference between the actual cost and the standard cost of direct materials or direct labor. The price variance of direct labor is usually referred to as the labor rate variance.
A variance arising in a standard costing system that indicates the difference between the standard amount of variable manufacturing overhead for the good units produced (standard hours times standard rate) and the...
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that the company is experiencing actual costs that are different from the company’s plan. Standard costing systems report a minimum of two cost variances for each of the following manufacturing costs: Direct materials...
How is the material usage variance account reported on the financial statements? Definition of Materials Usage Variance The materials usage variance (in a standard costing system) results from using more or less than the...
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