Tyson's Hardware, a Retailing Company with Several Locations, Anticipated That

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Essay

Tyson's Hardware, a retailing company with several locations, anticipated that it would have 96,000 sales units for 664 customer shipments.Average storage bin usage for various inventories was estimated to be 200 storage bins per day.The costs and cost drivers were determined to be as follows:
During the year the warehouse processed 90,000 units for 600 customer shipments.The workers used 225 storage bins on average each day to sort, store, and process goods for shipment.The actual costs for were:
Required:
a.Prepare a static-budget and show the static-budget variances for each cost item and the total static-budget variance.
b.Prepare a flexible-budget and show the flexible-budget variances for each cost item and the total flexible-budget variance.

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, used to cover fixed costs and contribute to profits.

Gross Margin

The financial metric representing the difference between revenue and the cost of goods sold, divided by revenue, often expressed as a percentage. It indicates how efficiently a company is using its resources to produce goods.

Contribution Margin

Contribution margin is the revenue remaining after deducting variable costs, used to cover fixed costs and profit.

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the level of goods or services that a business produces.