ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

STANDARD COSTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
SOS Manufacturing uses a standard costing system to produce . The following direct materials cost standards for one unit of Tomato Sauce:Standard Quantity-4 gramsStandard Rate-RM5/gramStandard Cost-RM20Last month, SOS Manufacturing purchased 40, 000 grams of direct materials at a cost of RM199, 200 and produced 5, 000 units of product X Tomato Sauce using 19, 750 grams of direct materials. Calculate the direct materials quantity variance for the last month.
A
800 Favorable
B
1, 250 Unfavorable
C
800 Unfavorable
D
1, 250 Favorable
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Standard Costing is an integral part of the costing process within an organisation. It is a process that helps compare the revenues and actual cost of producing a good or service with the actual results to measure the variance and understand its reasons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under the Standard Costing System, which of the following actions is true about the cost variance? Explanation: The real cost of material cost, direct labor, and administration to produce a unit of product is known as actual cost. Variance is the difference between the actual and standard costs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fact Pattern: ChemKing uses a standard costing system in the manufacture of its single product.

Detailed explanation-4: -Standard costing is technique which is more useful in manufacturing industries. Bricks, cement, fertilizers, sugar etc are the type of industries in which standard costing is more useful.

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