Prepare a statement showing the overall flexed budgeted production costs for March 2019.
Calculate the material price variance.
Calculate the material usage variance.
Calculate the labour rate variance.
Calculate the labour efficiency variance.
Calculate the variance for fixed overhead expenditure.
Calculate the variance for fixed overhead volume.
Explain how a fixed overhead capacity variance might occur.
Prepare a statement that reconciles the budgeted production costs at 7800 units against the actual production costs.
Explain to the directors one way in which they could lessen the impact of the increase in labour costs.