Greene Corporation has four divisions: the assembly division, the processing division, the machining division, and...

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Greene Corporation has four divisions: the assembly division, the processing division, the machining division, and the packing division. All four divisions are under the control of the vice president of manufacturing. Each division has a manager and several departments that are directed by supervisors. The chain of command runs downward from vice president to division manager to supervisor. The processing division is composed of the paint and finishing departments. The May responsibility reports for the supervisors of these departments follow.

Budgeted* Actual Variance
Paint Department
Controllable costs
Raw materials $ 53,000 $ 55,100 $ 2,100 U
Labor 58,800 66,200 7,400 U
Repairs 5,900 4,860 1,040 F
Maintenance 3,700 3,450 250 F
Total $ 121,400 $ 129,610 $ 8,210 U
Finishing Department
Controllable costs
Raw materials $ 41,000 $ 38,900 $ 2,100 F
Labor 45,500 41,000 4,500 F
Repairs 3,380 3,830 450 U
Maintenance 2,340 2,930 590 U
Total $ 92,220 $ 86,660 $ 5,560 F
*Greene uses flexible budgets for performance evaluation.

Other pertinent cost data for May follow.
Budgeted* Actual
Cost data of other divisions
Assembly $ 385,500 $ 375,400
Machining 295,500 307,400
Packing 420,450 406,800
Other costs associated with
Processing division manager 222,200 219,700
Vice president of manufacturing 133,500 141,310
*Greene uses flexible budgets for performance evaluation.
Required:
a.

Prepare a responsibility report for the manager of the processing division. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).)

b.

Prepare a responsibility report for the vice president of manufacturing. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).)

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