A company producing a standard product is facing declining sales and dwindling profits. It has therefore decided to introduce a standard cost system to control cost. To motivate workers to improve the productivity, the management has also decided to introduce an incentive scheme under which employees are paid 20% of the standard cost of materials saved and also 40% of the labour time saved valued at standard labour rate.
The following are the details of the standard cost of the product. Standard Cost Per Unit
Particulars |
Amount Rs. |
Direct material: 10 kg @ Rs.12 each |
120 |
Direct labour: 3 hours @ Rs.10 each |
30 |
Variable overheads: 3 hours @ Rs.5 each |
15 |
Fixed overheads [based on a budgeted |
25 |
output of 10000 units] |
|
Total standard cost per unit |
190 |
Selling price per unit Rs.240 |
|
During one particular month 9600 units of the product were manufactured and sold incurring the following actual cost:
Particulars |
Amount Rs. |
Direct materials 90000 kg |
1210000 |
Direct labour 25000 hours |
254000 |
Variable overheads 25000 hours |
147000 |
Fixed overheads |
250000 |
Total cost |
1861000 |
Net profit |
419000 |
Sales |
2280000 |
Required: A]Variances that occurred during the month, duly reconciling the standard profits of actual
production with actual profits. B] Bonus amount earned by the workers during the month under incentive scheme.