Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Labour and Materials Variances

Big Al's Diner makes the biggest burger in the world


Calculate materials price variance, materials usage variance & material total cost variance.

Calculate labour rate variance, labour efficiency variance & labour total cost variance.

The burger has the following standard costs:
Materials:10 kg at £16 per kg          £160
Labour: 4 hours @ £15 per hour
Budgeted production is 1 200 products a month

Actual production for a month:
Number made and sold 1 260
Materials             13 000 kg                      £207 000
Labour                  5 100 hours                  £ 77 000