4 - Standard Costing
4 - Standard Costing
4 - Standard Costing
management, 4e
Chapter 9
Standard Costing: A Functional-
Based Control Approach
1. Describe how unit input standards are developed, and explain why
standard costing systems are adopted
2. Explain the purpose of a standard cost sheet
3. Compute and journalize the direct materials and direct labor variances,
and explain how they are used for control
4. Compute overhead variances three different ways, and explain overhead
accounting
5. Calculate mix and yield variances for direct materials and direct labor
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EXHIBIT 9.1 - Cost Assignment
Approaches
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Classification of Standards
• Ideal standards
– Demand maximum efficiency
– Achieved only if everything operates perfectly
• Currently attainable standards
– Can be achieved under efficient operating conditions
– Allowance is made for normal breakdowns, interruptions, and less than perfect
skill
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Price and Quantity Standards and unit standard Cost
• Price standards: Specify how much should be paid for the quantity of the
input to be used
• Quantity standards: Specify how much of the input should be used per
unit of output
• Unit standard cost: Product of standard price (SP) and standard quantity
(SQ)
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Standards and activity-based costing
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Reasons for Adopting Standard Costing Systems
• Cost management
• Planning and control
• Decision making and product costing
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EXHIBIT 9.2 - Standard Cost Sheet for
Deluxe Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
Description Standard Price Standard Usage Standard Cost Subtotal
Direct materials:
Yogurt $ 0.04 × 25 oz. = $1.00
Strawberries 0.02 × 10 oz. = 0.20
Milk 0.03 × 8 oz. = 0.24
Cream 0.05 × 4 oz. = 0.20
Gelatin 0.02 × 1 oz. = 0.02
Container 0.06 × 1 = 0.06
Total direct materials $1.72
Direct labor:
Machine operators 16.00 × 0.01 hr. = $0.16
Total direct labor 0.16
Overhead:
Variable overhead 12.00 × 0.01 hr. = $0.12
Fixed overhead 40.00 × 0.01 hr. = 0.40
Total overhead 0.52
Total standard unit cost $2.40
• Standard costs are developed for direct materials, direct labor, and
overhead used in producing a product or service
• Total of standard costs yields the standard cost per unit
– Standard cost sheet: Provides the detail underlying the standard unit cost
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Purpose of a Standard Cost Sheet
• Reveals the quantity of each input that should be used to produce one unit
of output
– Unit quantity standards can be used to compute the total amount of inputs
allowed for the actual output
Helps in the computation of standard quantity of materials allowed (SQ) and
the standard hours allowed (SH) for the actual output
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Total Budget Variance
• Difference between the actual cost of the input and its standard cost
– Total budget variance = (AP × AQ) – (SP × SQ)
AP = Actual price per unit
AQ = Actual quantity of direct material used in production
SP = Standard price per unit
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Components of total Budget Variance
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Favorable and Unfavorable Variance
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Direct materials price variance (MPV)
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Direct Materials Usage Variance (MUV)
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Direct Materials Price and Materials Usage Variances –
Example (1 of 5)
• Helado Company provided the following information for the production of
deluxe strawberry frozen yogurt during the month of April:
– Actual production: 30,000 quarts
– Actual yogurt usage: 745,000 ounces (no beginning or ending yogurt
inventory)
– Actual price paid per ounce of yogurt: $0.05
Unit quantity standard: 25 ounces of yogurt per quart
Standard price of yogurt: $0.04 per ounce
Direct labor standard: 0.01 direct labor hour per quart
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Direct Materials Price and Materials Usage Variances –
Example (2 of 5)
• Calculate the ounces of yogurt that should have been used (SQ) for the
actual production of frozen yogurt for the month of April
• Calculate MPV and MUV for April using the formula approach and the
graphical approach
• Calculate the total direct materials variance for yogurt for April
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Direct Materials Price and Materials Usage Variances –
Example (3 of 5)
• Solution
– SQ = Unit quantity standard × Actual output
= 25 × 30,000 = 750,000 ounces
– Materials price variance (MPV)
= (AP − SP)AQ = ($0.05 − $0.04)745,000
= $0.01 × 745,000 = $7,450 U
– Materials usage variance (MUV)
= (AQ − SQ)SP = (745,000 − 750,000)$0.04
= (5,000 × $0.04) = $200 F
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Direct Materials Price and Materials
Usage Variances – Example (4 of 5)
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Standard Bill of Materials
• Identifies the quantity of direct materials that should be
used to produce a predetermined quantity of output
• Acts as a materials requisition form
• Product: Quarts of Deluxe Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
• Output: 30,000 Quarts
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Accounting for Direct Materials Price
and Usage Variances (2 of 3)
• Journal entry associated with the purchase of direct
materials
– Assumptions
Unfavorable MPV
AQ is defined as direct materials purchased
Debit Credit
Materials (SP × AQ)
Direct Materials Price Variance (AP – SP)AQ
Accounts Payable (AP × AQ)
Debit Credit
Work in Process (SP × SQ)
Direct Materials Usage Variance (AQ – SQ)SP
Materials (SP × AQ)
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Direct Labor Rate and Efficiency Variances – Example (1
of 4)
• Helado Company provided the following information for the production of
deluxe strawberry frozen yogurt during the month of April:
– Actual production: 30,000 quarts
– Actual direct labor hours worked: 325 hours
– Actual rate paid per hour to direct labor: $15.90
• Calculate the direct labor hours that should have been worked (SH) for the
actual production of frozen yogurt for the month of April
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Direct Labor Rate and Efficiency Variances – Example (2
of 4)
• Calculate LRV and LEV for April using the formula and graphical
approaches
• Calculate the total direct labor variance for yogurt for April
• Solution
– SH = Unit quantity standard × Actual output
= 0.01 × 30,000
= 300 hours
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Direct Labor Rate and Efficiency Variances – Example (3
of 4)
– Labor rate variance (LRV) = (AR − SR)AH
= ($15.90 − $16.00)325
= $0.10 × 325 = $32.50 F
– Labor efficiency variance (LEV) = (AH – SH)SR
= (325 − 300)$16.00
= (25 × $16.00) = $400 U
– Total direct labor variance = (AR × AH) – (SR×SH) = LRV + LEV
= ($15.90 × 325) – ($16.00 × 300)
= $5,167.50 − $4,800 = $367.50 U
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Direct Labor Rate and Efficiency
Variances – Example (4 of 4)
Debit Credit
Work in Process (SH × SR)
Direct Labor Efficiency Variance (AH – SH)SR
Direct Labor Rate Variance (AR − SR)AH
Wages Payable AH × AR
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Responsibility for the Direct Materials Variances (1 of 2)
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Responsibility for the Direct Materials Variances (2 of 2)
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Responsibility for the Direct Labor Variances
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Disposition of Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances
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Four-Variance Method for Calculating Overhead Variances
• Calculates two variances for variable overhead and two variances for fixed
overhead
• Total variable overhead variance is divided into:
– Variable overhead spending variance
– Variable overhead efficiency variance
• Total fixed overhead variance is divided into:
– Fixed overhead spending variance
– Fixed overhead volume variance
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Variable Overhead Spending Variance and Variable
Overhead Efficiency Variance
• Variable overhead spending variance
= (AVOR × AH) – (SVOR × AH)
=(AVOR – SVOR)AH
– Variable overhead changes in proportion to changes in the direct labor hours
used
– AVOR = Actual variable overhead rate
– SVOR = Standard variable overhead rate
• Variable overhead efficiency variance
= (SVOR × AH) – (SVOR × SH)
= (AH – SH)SVOR
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Variable Overhead Spending and
efficiency Variances – Example (1 of 4)
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Variable Overhead Spending and efficiency Variances – Example (3
of 4)
• Solution:
– Variable overhead spending variance = (AVOR – SVOR)AH
=[($16,120/1,300) – $12]1,300
=($12.40 − $12)×1,300 = $520 U
– Variable overhead efficiency variance = (AH – SH)SVOR
= (1,300 – 1,200)$12 = $1,200 U
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Variable Overhead Spending and
efficiency Variances – Example (4 of 4)
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Exhibit 9.4 - Variable Overhead
Spending Variance by Item
Helado Company Performance Report For the Month Ended
May 31, 2013
a
Per direct labor hour.
b
The budget allowance is computed using the cost formula and 1,300
actual direct labor hours.
a
Per direct labor hour.
b
The budget allowance is computed using the cost formula and 1,300
actual direct labor hours.
c
Standard hours for actual production equal 1,200 (0.01 hours × 120,000
quarts).
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Fixed Overhead Volume Variance
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Fixed Overhead spending and Volume
Variances – Example (1 of 4)
• Helado Company provided the following information for
the month of May:
Budgeted/planned items for May:
Budgeted fixed overhead $40,000
Expected production in quarts of frozen yogurt 100,000
Expected activity in direct labor hours (0.01 × 100,000) 1,000 direct labor hours
Standard fixed overhead rate ($40,000/1,000) $40 per direct labor hour
Actual results for May:
Actual production of yogurt in quarts 120,000
Actual fixed overhead cost $40,500
Standard hours allowed for actual production (0.01 × 1,200 direct labor hours
120,000)
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Fixed Overhead spending and Volume Variances –
Example (3 of 4)
• Solution:
– Fixed overhead spending variance
= Actual fixed overhead − Budgeted fixed overhead = $40,500 − $40,000 =
$500 U
– Volume variance
= Budgeted fixed overhead − Applied fixed overhead
= Budgeted fixed overhead – (Fixed overhead rate × SH) = $40,000 – ($40 ×
1,200) = $8,000 F
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Fixed Overhead spending and Volume
Variances – Example (4 of 4)
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Exhibit 9.6 - Fixed Overhead
Spending Variance by Item
Helado Company Performance Report For the Month
Ended May 31, 2013
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Accounting for Overhead Variances (2 of 3)
• Recognizing variances
– Fixed overhead control account, fixed overhead spending variance account,
and variable overhead spending and efficiency variance accounts are debited
– Variable overhead control account and fixed overhead volume variance
account are credited
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Accounting for Overhead Variances (3 of 3)
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Exhibit 9.7 - Two-Variance Analysis:
Helado Company
• Mix variance: Created whenever the actual mix of inputs differs from the
standard mix
• Yield variance: Occurs whenever the actual yield (output) differs from the
standard yield
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Direct Materials Mix Variance
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Direct Materials Yield Variance
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Direct Labor Mix and Yield Variances (1 of 2)
Direct Labor Type Mix Mix Proportion SP Standard Cost
Shelling 3 hrs. 0.60 $ 8.00 $24
Mixing 2 0.40 15.00 30
Total 5 hrs. $54
Yield 120 lbs.
Mangia put a batch of 2,000 pounds of direct materials (enough for 800 frozen
sausage pizzas) into process. Of the total, 700 pounds were tomato sauce, 840
pounds were cheese, and the remaining 460 pounds were sausage. The actual yield
was 780 pizzas.
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Exercise 8.19 (Labor Mix and Yield)
Delano Company uses two types of direct labor for the manufacturing of its products:
fabrication and assembly. Delano has developed the following standard mix for direct
labor, where output is measured in number of circuit boards
Direct Labor Mix SP Standard cost
Fabricating 2 hrs P20 P40
Assembly 3 12 36
Total 5 hrs P76
Yield 25 units
During the second week of April, Delano produced the following results:
Direct Labor Actual Mix
Fabricating 20,000 hrs
Assembly 45,000 hrs
Total 65,000 hrs
Yield 320,000 units
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