Sunday, October 14, 2007

Cost Variances

1)Flexed Budget
Using actual quantity but standard(budgeted) costs/estimate

2)Steps
Calc Budget, Flexed, Actual
Calc Total costs variances (Actual - Flexed) [sales +ve -> (F), cost +ve -> (A)]
Calc Invdivual variances
Summarize values (ensure tally)

a)Sales Variance


b)Direct material (graph similar to sales variance)


c)Direct labour
active = actual - idle


d)Variable overhead


d)Fixed overhead

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