Saturday, November 28, 2009

Variances made easy!

These easy to remember formulas are an addition to the Variance Table which I have put up a couple of months ago.



Price Variance = [Actual Price- Budgeted Price] x Actual Volume

Mix and Volume Variance = [Actual Volume-Budgeted Volume] x CM/unit*


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Mix Variance = [(Total Actual Volume x Budgeted %)- Total Actual Volume] x CM/unit

Volume Variance = [(Total Actual Volume x Budgeted %) - Budget Sales] x CM/unit

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Variable Cost Variances

DM Variance = [Budgeted DM rate x Materials Produced]- Actual DM

DL Variance = [Budgeted DL rate x Materials Produced]- Actual DL

VOH Variance = [Budgeted VOH rate x Materials Produced]- Actual VOH


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Fixed Cost Variances

Selling Variances = Actual Selling Cost- Budgeted Selling Cost

Administrative Variances = Actual Admin. Cost- Budgeted Admin. Cost

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