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- December 2, 2014 at 4:22 pm #216095
How did u guys calculate Standart mix in variances ?
December 2, 2014 at 4:25 pm #216096I got total kg used of 181512, then judt multiply by the relative proportion of each product in budgeted mix
December 2, 2014 at 4:26 pm #216097std mix for me is calculated for each individual ingredient by taking each individual ingredient which goes into making one unit divided by total ingridents which go into making one unit multiplied by the total quanity of all each and sepreate ingrident used. then u deduct the figures from actual usage to give u mix variance in quanity then u multiply this by the std cost of each indiviudal ingrident.
December 2, 2014 at 4:44 pm #216111Feroz
That is a very long winded explanation of mix variance.
Simply, 181,512 (actual mix of actual production) divide by 1.35 (standard mix) and then multiply each product by (from memory) 0.25, 0.6 & 0.5 respectively. The first two ingredients were adverse and the third favourable. However, third was cheapest and therefore overall adverse variance etc due to more expensive mix (think most people agree with this). Yield was very easy to get following on from that.Commentary will vary from person to person. An adverse mix would usually generate a favourable yield (a better “quality” product). However, this seemed to go the other way for customers and as soap is a product based on texture and smell the revised mix (although a better “quality”) did not improve the experience for the customer. Not sure how sales manager can be solely responsible for that? You can’t sell a soap that customers don’t want (and complain so aggressively about) no matter how much advertising you do. However, I think on balance I ended up blaming him anyway!!
December 2, 2014 at 4:46 pm #216113I am on board here with Chris.
December 2, 2014 at 5:01 pm #216132Shadow price by definition the additional contribution generated from one additional unit of limiting factor so I guess it’s 56
December 2, 2014 at 5:18 pm #216164Then you ignored the extra cost of $2 per unit – making the revised $16.
December 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm #216188@chris1975z said:
After he gets to see the paper on the ACCA website I would imagine!!Yes Chris, so I’ll put it different way, when will it be published?:) if you don’t know, I can make assumptions myself
December 2, 2014 at 5:26 pm #216193I would suggest you do so then as my crystal ball has broken down……
December 2, 2014 at 5:27 pm #216196😉
December 2, 2014 at 5:40 pm #216232The answer was increase of 16
December 2, 2014 at 5:45 pm #216247F7 is tomorrow. Whoa
December 2, 2014 at 5:50 pm #216265Shadow price is 2.80 which means increase in one more unit would result in increase of contribution £2.80 so if 20 more unit available then 20 multiply by 2.80 which is increase contribution of 56
December 2, 2014 at 6:03 pm #216290Geshi, i think you missed Cris’s comment. Your calculation is simple and wrong
December 2, 2014 at 6:13 pm #216300Extra cost not needed I guess question was about increase in contribution. Shadow price was given which is increase in contribution of 1 more available unit. So if 20 more unit made available increase will be 56. Any way let’s wait for official answers. 🙂
December 2, 2014 at 6:41 pm #216323Lets wait, but similar question was in bpp mock exam
December 2, 2014 at 6:56 pm #216336Shadow price was 2.8 which means we can earn contribution of 2.8 per kg but after paying the price of $2 per kg which leaves us with $0.8.
$0.8×20=$16December 2, 2014 at 6:57 pm #216337AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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How did you guys get round figures for your mix variance? If I remember correctly, I had some decimals like .33 and .67 for the standard mix. The yield was fine though, twas a whole number.
December 2, 2014 at 6:58 pm #216339Absolutely agree with Hatif
I think people misunderstood shadow price for contribution and simply divided it
December 2, 2014 at 7:00 pm #216340Yes some decimals if I can remember first 2 were adverse and the last was favourable.
December 2, 2014 at 7:02 pm #216343Yield was multiplied by £6 and some pence if I can remember
December 2, 2014 at 7:02 pm #216344I mean to say dollars haha.
December 2, 2014 at 7:06 pm #21634616; first two were adverse, the last one fav
December 2, 2014 at 7:07 pm #216347I do not remember anything regarding decimals. If i had, then i definitely rounded up
December 2, 2014 at 7:08 pm #216349Yeah agreed!
I can’t revise for F8. 8 so eager to know my F5 results especially MCQS coz if I can get about 8 to 9 right than I can pass! At the moment not looking great
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