Frank Weston, supervisor of the Freemont Corporations Machining Department, was upset after being reprimanded for his departments poor performance over the prior month. The departments cost control report is given below:
Freemont CorporationMachining Department
Cost Control Report
For the Month Ended June
Actual Results Planning Budget Variances
Machinehours
Direct labor wages $ $ $ U
Supplies U
Maintenance U
Utilities U
Supervision
Depreciation
Total $ $ $ U
I just cant understand all of these unfavorable variances, Weston complained to the supervisor of another department. When the boss called me in I thought he was going to give me a pat on the back because I know my department worked more efficiently last month than ever before. Instead, he tore me apart. I thought for a minute it might be over the supplies that were stolen out of our warehouse last month. But they only amounted to a couple of hundred dollars, and just look at this report. Everything is unfavorable.
Direct labor wages and supplies are variable costs; supervision and depreciation are fixed costs; and maintenance and utilities are mixed costs. The fixed component of the budgeted maintenance cost is $; the fixed component of the budgeted utilities cost is $
Required:
Complete the performance report that will help Mr Westons superiors assess how well costs were controlled in the machining department.LO
Frank Weston, supervisor of the Freemont Corporation's Machining Department, was upset after being reprimanded for his
department's poor performance over the prior month. The department's cost control report is given below:
"I just can't understand all of these unfavorable variances," Weston complained to the supervisor of another department. "When the
boss called me in I thought he was going to give me a pat on the back because I know my department worked more efficiently last
month than ever before. Instead, he tore me apart. I thought for a minute it might be over the supplies that were stolen out of our
warehouse last month. But they only amounted to a couple of hundred dollars, and just look at this report. Everything is unfavorable."
Direct labor wages and supplies are variable costs; supervision and depreciation are fixed costs; and maintenance and utilities are
mixed costs. The fixed component of the budgeted maintenance cost is $; the fixed component of the budgeted utilities cost is
$
Required:
Complete the performance report that will help Mr Weston's superiors assess how well costs were controlled in the machining
department.
Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting F for favorable, U for
unfavorable, and "None" for no effect ie zero variance Input all amounts as positive values.