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  • November 27, 2014 at 8:14 pm #213944
    Mahrukh
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    Each widget should take 0.5 hrs to make. Std pay rate 10/hr. Idle time expected to be 5% of hours paid. Actual production 10800. Paid $ 50000 for 6000 hrs of which 330 are idle. What’s the excess idle time variance?

    November 28, 2014 at 11:05 am #214033
    John Moffat
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    The standard idle time is 5% x 6000 = 300.
    The actual time is 330 hours, so the excess idle time is 30 hours.

    The rate per working hour is $10/0.95 = $10.53

    So the excess idle time variance is 30 x $10.53 = $316

    (You might find the free lecture on this to be useful)

    November 29, 2014 at 10:22 am #214270
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    From where did 10.53 came? why divide 10 by 0.95?

    November 29, 2014 at 1:10 pm #214369
    John Moffat
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    For every hour paid, we only get 0.95 hours of work.

    So every 0.95 working hours cost $10
    So ever 1 working hour costs 10/0.95

    (It will help you to watch the free lecture on this)

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