Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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ISBN: 9781305970663
Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 32P
Sulert, Inc., produces and sells gel-filled ice packs. Sulert’s performance report for April follows:
Required:
- 1. Calculate the contribution margin variance and the contribution margin volume variance.
- 2. Calculate the market share variance and the market size variance. (CMA adapted)
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Sulert, Inc., produces and sells gel-filled ice packs. Sulert’s performance report for April follows:
REQUIRED:
1. Calculate the contribution margin variance and the contribution margin volume variance.
2. Calculate the market share variance and the market size variance. (CMA adapted)
Show transcribed image text 15.What activity variances would Adger report with respect to each of its expenses? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting F for favorable, U for unfavorable, and None for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May as shown below: When preparing its planning budget the company estimated that it would serve 30 customers per month; however, during May the company actually served 35 customers.
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Requirements
1. Compute the total sales-volume variance, the total sales-mix variance, and
the total sales-quantity variance. (Calculate all variances in terms of
contribution margin.) Show results for each product in your computations.
2. What inferences can you draw from the variances computed in
requirement 1?
Data table
Budget for 2020
Selling Variable Cost Cartons
Product Price per Carton Sold
Kostor $11.00 $
Limba $ 23.00 $
6.40
16.15
Actual for 2020
Selling Variable Cost Cartons
Price per Carton Sold
7.40 138,600
16.35 59,400
132,000 $11.60 S
88,000 $ 24.40 $
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Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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