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Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai

Variance Analysis
A bag manufacturing Company is having a standard requirement of 2 Square
metres of cloth and 1 metre of zip for manufacturing a handbag. 4 bags can be
produced by spending an hour of labour. Cloth were agreed to be purchased at
Rs. 60 per square metre and Zip is agreed for Rs. 20 per metre. Labours are paid
wages at Rs. 300 per hour.
For the month of January 2022, the company planned to produce 500 bags but in
actual they produced 600 bags after consuming 1,000 square metres of cloth
purchased at Rs. 62 per square meter. 580 metres of Zip were consumed which
were purchased at Rs. 11,310.
Labours were paid total wages of Rs. 42,000 for spending 150 hours in production
Power cost is planned at Rs. 12 per Labour hours but in actual amount paid was
Rs. 1,500
Rent for the month is planned at Rs. 10,000 and recovered at Rs. 20 per bag.
Actual rent paid is Rs. 11,000
Marketing Manager is able to sell all the units produced at a price of Rs. 520 per
bag whereas the planned price is Rs. 500 per bag
You are required to calculate all the possible variances

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