Pearle Corporation Makes Automotive Engines

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Essay

Pearle Corporation makes automotive engines. For the most recent month, budgeted production was 3,300 engines. The standard power cost is $9.20 per machine-hour. The company's standards indicate that each engine requires 2.1 machine-hours. Actual production was 3,400 engines. Actual machine-hours were 7,160 machine-hours. Actual power cost totaled $61,815.
Required:
Determine the rate and efficiency variances for the variable overhead item power cost and indicate whether those variances are unfavorable or favorable. Show your work!

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Definitions:

Labor Rate Variance

The difference between the actual cost of labor and the budgeted or standard cost, reflecting inefficiencies in wage rate management.

July

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, typically associated with the height of summer in the northern hemisphere.

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard amount expected to be used, multiplied by the standard cost per unit.

Materials Quantity Variance

The variance between the actual amount of materials utilized in manufacturing and the anticipated amount, multiplied by the established unit cost.