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Mix Variance/Yield Variance

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  • August 3, 2020 at 4:29 pm #579093
    gigani
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    Hi John,

    I am stuck on a question. Please could you assist?

    A product has a standard output of 32kg and a standard input of 8kg Input A and 32kg Input B

    Input A has a standard cost of $10 per kg
    Input B has a standard cost of $20 per kg

    The actual output was 6400 kg using 900kg of Input A and 6100kg of Input B.

    My answer

    Mix Variance – Actual Mix

    900 x 10 = 9000
    6100 x 20 = 122000
    7000kg – 131000

    Std mix for total input
    (8/40) x 7000) x 10 = 14000
    (32/40) x 7000) x 20 = 112000
    7000 kg – 126000

    5000 adverse

    Yield Variance
    Std mix for total input
    (8/40) x 7000) x 10 = 14000
    (32/40) x 7000) x 20 = 112000
    7000 kg – 126000

    Std total input at std mix
    (8/40 x 6400 ) x10 = 12800
    (32/40 x 6400 ) x 20 = 102400
    6400 kg – 115200

    Surely it is 10,800 adverse? Answer is coming up as 18000 favourable

    August 4, 2020 at 9:30 am #579160
    John Moffat
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    18,000 favourable is the correct answer.

    For every 32 kg output, the input should be 8 kg of A and 32 kg of B.

    Therefore for output of 6,400, the input should have been as follows:

    (8/32 x 6,400) x $10 = 16,000
    (32/32 x 6,400) x $20 = 128,000
    So a total of $144,000.

    Have you watched my free lectures on mix and yield variances? The lectures are a complete free course for Paper PM and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

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