Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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Chapter 10, Problem 56E
Use the following information for Exercises 10-56 and 10-57:
Rostand Inc. operates a delivery service for over 70 restaurants. The corporation has a fleet of vehicles and has invested in a sophisticated, computerized communications system to coordinate its deliveries. Rostand has gathered the following actual data on last year’s delivery operations:
Rostand employs a
Exercise 10-56 Variable Overhead Variances, Service Company
Refer to the information for Rostand Inc. above.
Required:
- 1. Compute the standard hours allowed for actual deliveries made last year.
- 2. Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances.
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Table 1
Activity Cost Pool
Assembly
Processing orders
Inspection
Total Cost
$942,480
24
Total Activity
66,000 machine-hours
1,800 orders
1,820 inspection-hours
85,050
$126,854
Use Table 2 to answer this question. XYZ Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system (Table 2). The company makes 430 units of product ABA a year, requiring a total of 1,120
machine-hours, 40 orders, and 30 inspection-hours per year. The product's direct materials cost is $49.81 per unit and its direct labor cost is $12.34 per unit. The product sells for $130 per unit. According to the
activity-based costing system, the product margin for product ABA is:
Select one:
O a $4.290.10.
O b. $4159.50.
Oc $4 116.50.
Od $3.815.50.
O e. none of the given answer
Rostand Inc. operates a delivery service for over 70 restaurants. The corporation has a fleetof vehicles and has invested in a sophisticated, computerized communications system tocoordinate its deliveries. Rostand has gathered the following actual data on last year’s delivery operations:Deliveries made 38,600Direct labor 31,000 direct labor hours @ $14.00Actual variable overhead $157,700Rostand employs a standard costing system. During the year, a variable overhead rate of$5.10 per hour was used. The labor standard requires 0.80 hour per delivery
Refer to the information for Rostand Inc. above.Required:1. Compute the standard hours allowed for actual deliveries made last year.2. Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances.
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Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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