Direct labor variances
Ada Clothes Company produced 11,000 units during April. The Cutting Department used 2,100 direct labor hours at an actual rate of $13.60 per hour. The Sewing Department used 3,500 direct labor hours at an actual rate of $13.30 per hour.
Assume there were no work in process inventories in either department at the beginning or end of the month. The standard labor rate is $13.50. The standard labor time for the Cutting and Sewing departments is 0.2 hour and 0.3 hour per
unit, respectively.
a. Determine the direct labor rate, direct labor time, and total direct labor cost variance for the (1) Cutting Department and (2) Sewing Department. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable
variance as a positive number.
Cutting Department
Direct Labor Rate Variance
Direct Labor Time Variance
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance
b. The two departments have opposite results. The Cutting Department has a(n)
Sewing Department has a(n)
rate variance but has a(n)
Sewing Department
rate variance and a(n)
time variance, resulting in a total
time variance, resulting in a total
cost variance.
cost variance. In contrast, the