Comprehensive exercise to calculate variances: Gilder Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in June. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. Required: a. Compute the materials quantity variance. 15‚600 F b. Compute the materials price variance. 44‚100 * 0.1 = 4‚410 F c. Compute
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with comparable to the pharmacy’s actual cost to dispense (CTD). In order to keep my response condensed I will just focus on the main dispensing fee reimbursed.
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characterize mercantilism. Mercantilism is characterized by the country applying policies and institutions such as the Navigational Acts‚ towards having a favorable balance of trade‚ extending borders‚ and having all of the economic goals set towards enriching the mother country. Having a favorable balance of trade was essential to mercantilism. A favorable balance of trade meant that there were more goods leaving the country to be sold (exports) than there were goods coming into the country to be bought
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more detail variance shows that the external factor largely responsible for the growth of leather markets that rapidly increase than anticipated making NLJ to catch with the increase in market demand. Variance Analysis Contribution Margin Based on the figure in Exhibit 1‚ the total amount of contribution margin for the Nylon jackets is $4‚350 less than the budget. Although‚ the actual unit of contribution margin is $0.15 greater than the standard due to the lower admin cost and selling per
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review Materials ch24 Student: 1. Standard costs can serve as a basis for evaluating actual performance. True False 2. Standard material‚ labor‚ and overhead costs can be obtained from standard cost tables published by the Institute of Management Accountants. True False 3. Standard costs provide a basis for assessing the reasonableness of actual costs incurred for producing a product or service. True False 4. When standard costs are used‚ factory overhead is assigned to products
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Chapter 14 Operational Performance Measurement: Sales and Direct-Cost Variances‚ and the Role of Nonfinancial Performance Measures Case 14-1: Pet Groom and Clean Company Readings 14-1: “Standard Costing Is Alive and Well at Parker Brass” by D. Johnsen and P. Sopariwala‚ Management Accounting Quarterly (Winter 2000)‚ pp. 12-20. The Brass Products Division of the Parker Hannifin Corporation is a world-class manufacturer of tube and brass fittings‚ valves‚ hose‚ and hose fittings
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activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH)‚ material handling (MH)‚ and number of shipments (NS) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow. Product Alpha Gamma Pool Cost Pool No. 1 (Driver: DLH) 200 1800 $420‚000 Pool No. 2 (Driver: MH) 15 10 $375‚000 Pool No. 3 (Driver: NS) 2‚000 18‚000 $20‚000 1. The overhead cost allocated to Alpha by using traditional costing procedures
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Total sale mix variance= $39‚600 (U) (ii) Golf Cart = (22‚000 – 22‚800) x (4‚788/22‚800) x 134 = $22‚512 (U) Mobility vehicle = (22‚000 – 22‚800) x (18‚012/22‚800) x 164 = $103‚648 (U) Total sale quantity variance= $126‚160(U) b. Based on above analysis‚ there are unfavorable total sale mix variance of $39‚600 and unfavorable total sale
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13. Variance and Standard Deviation (expected). Using the data from problem 13‚ calculate the variance and standard deviation of the three investments‚ stock‚ corporate bond‚ and government bond. If the estimates for both the probabilities of the economy and the returns in each state of the economy are correct‚ which investment would you choose considering both risk and return? Why? ANSWER Variance of Stock = 0.10 x (0.25 – 0.033)2 + 0.15 x (0.12 – 0.033)2 + 0.50 x (0.04 – 0.033)2 + 0
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Assignment 7: Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1 . Consider‚ as in Lecture 7.1‚ a portfolio of two risky assets‚ with expected returns rˉ1‚rˉ2‚ variances σ21‚σ22 and covariance σ1‚2. No other assets are available. You have to allocate $1 mln of investment in the portfolio of the two assets in order to minimize total portfolio variance. What is the optimal amount of investment in asset 1 (in mln dollars)? Assume expected returns are
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