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Dear Sir,
Would you please help me to understand which data to use to calculate the Fixed Overhead Capacity and Efficiency variance in the following?
Ex.1 Company A has budgeted to produce 4,000 units in Jan. Actual production was 3,700 units and fixed production overheads $10,300.
Standard fixed overhead cost per unit was 1.5 hours at $2,40 per hour.
5,800 actual production hours were worked.
Thank you,
Leo
For the efficiency variance you compare the actual hours worked (5,800) with the standard hours for the actual production (3,700 x 1.5), and cost out at the standard cost per hour ($2.40).
For the capacity variance you compare the actual hours worked (5,800) with the budgeted hours (4,000 x 1.5) and again cost out at the standard cost per hour ($2.40).
This is all explained in my free lectures on variances.
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Thank you for the prompt reply.
Leo
You are welcome 🙂
