A Production Manager Was Recently Given a Performance Report That

question 51

Essay

A production manager was recently given a performance report that showed a sizable unfavorable variable-overhead efficiency variance. The manager was puzzled as to how the department could be inefficient in the use/incurrence of this cost.
Required:

Briefly explain the nature of this variance to the manager. Does the variance really have much to do with variable overhead efficiencies or inefficiencies? Discuss.

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