SLAY STEEL CASE SOLUTION

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Case gyst
Orchid Ltd. is a small furniture manufacturer. It was established as a familyowned business

30 years ago and prides itself on highquality products. Most of its products are made to
order as a result of direct orders from Internetbased sales. Typically the company has been
profitable, operating at the top end of the market; recently, however, costs appear to have
been increasing and the company has also seen a decline in its sales. The workforce is
highly skilled and recently several of the experienced craftspeople who make the products
have retired, and the company has had problems recruiting, training and retaining suitably
skilled employees. One of its products, a table, has the following standard costs:

Direct materials (8m @ 30/m)

240.00

Direct labour (10 hours @ 25/hr)

250.00

Fixed overheads

160.00

650.00
950.00

Selling price

Standard profit margin

300.00

The table is made from solid oak and the above materials reflect the size of the table in
square metres. The labour required to make the table is highly skilled.
The monthly production and sales are planned to be 800 units. The actual results for March
were as follows:

Sales revenue

753,300

Less
Direct materials

(192,500)

(7,000m)

Direct labour

(221,000)

(8500 hours)

Fixed overheads

(130,000)

Operating profit

209,800

There were no opening or closing stocks. The company manufactured and sold 810 tables;
this is more than budgeted due to a successful marketing campaign.
Required
Parts 1 and 2 should be submitted as an operating statement, as per your Key Concept
Overview, and within the Business Report as required for part 3.
1. Calculate the flexed and actual budget. 2. Calculate the following variances:
Sales variances; volume and priceDirect material variances; usage and price Direct labour
variances; efficiency and rate Fixed overhead variance; spending
3. Present the above information as a part of a Business Report, providing possible
explanations for the variances that you have calculated and suggestions as to how the
company might try to improve its cost control.
This assignment should be around 1,000 words for the main body of your Business Report.
Be sure to read over your Individual Assignment before submitting it to your Instructor. Make
sure the spelling and grammar are correct and the language, citing and referencing you use
when providing your opinion are appropriate for academic writing.