Based on Data from a Work-Sampling Study, an Office Worker

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Essay

Based on data from a work-sampling study, an office worker spends 21.5 percent of his time filing. Over the work-sampling period, he was idle 12 percent of the time. If the worker filed 420 items in a 40-hour workweek while performing other activities, and if his performance rating factor for filing was 0.95, determine the standard time, in minutes, he took to file an item.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor Rate Variance

A financial metric used to measure the difference between the actual hourly wage paid to workers and the expected (or standard) wage rate for a specific period.

Standard Direct Labor Cost

The predetermined cost of labor assigned directly to the production of goods, based on estimated time and wage rates.

Total Overhead Variance

The difference between the actual overhead incurred and the overhead allocated to production over a period.

Sales Price Variance

The difference between the actual selling price and the expected selling price of a product multiplied by the number of units sold.