You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has
asked that you review the company's costing system and do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing
overhead costs." You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be
an excellent first step in overhead planning and control.
After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March:
During March, the company worked machinehours and produced units. The company had originally planned to work
machinehours during March.
Requlred:
Calculate the activity variances for March.
Calculate the spending variances for March.
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Calculate the activity variances for March. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting for favorable, for
unfavorable, and "None" for no effect ie zero variance Input all amounts as positive values.