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operational variance

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • February 14, 2019 at 12:14 pm #505107
    reem1589
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    A company made a product called Bark. Bark had a standard direct material cost in the budget of: 2.5 kg of Material X at $4 per kg = $10 per unit. The average market price for Material X during the period was $5 per kg, and it was decided to revise the material standard cost to allow for this. During the period, 8,000 units of Bark were manufactured. They required 22,000 kg of Material X, which cost $123,000.
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    Calculate the adverse material usage operational variance
    in the bpp kit this answer has been solved by taking the std price/kg of $4 instead of revised std price/kg of $5, could you please explain why as operational variance is found by taking actual results and revised budget into account

    February 14, 2019 at 3:27 pm #505130
    John Moffat
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    Although, as I explain in my free lectures, there are two ways of calculating planning and operational variances (that give different answers).
    The BPP answer has done it the way that the current examiner prefers, which is the way I explain in my free lectures.

    February 14, 2019 at 7:18 pm #505139
    reem1589
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    Is the other method still accepted by the examiner ?

    February 15, 2019 at 8:03 am #505170
    John Moffat
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    Yes it is (and again, I say this in my free lecture!!), but the method the examiner prefers is easier.

    February 16, 2019 at 2:37 pm #505346
    Shehzad
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    and is the ans $22000 adv?

    February 16, 2019 at 4:27 pm #505379
    John Moffat
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    No it isn’t (but you must know that the answer is not $22,000, because the Revision Kit tells you what the correct answer is !!)

    (I assume that you do have a Revision Kit. If not then it is essential that you buy one – you will not pass the exam without lots of practice on both past exam and other exam-standard questions. The Revision Kit is full of both.)

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