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    kemeria Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 2, 2006, 05:50 PM
    Here is the question
    Perfect Print, Inc. incurred the following direct material cost in November 2006 for high-volume routine print jobs:
    Actual unit purchase price $0.016per sheet
    Standard unit price $0.018per sheet
    Quantity purchased and used in November 490,000sheets
    Standard quantity allowed for good production 492,000 sheets
    Calculate the material price variance and the material quantity variance.

    Do cost drivers exist in a traditional accounting system? Are they designated as such? How, if at all, does the use of cost drivers in a traditional accounting system differ from those in an activity-based costing system?
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    Oct 3, 2006, 12:05 AM
    Material Price Variance = Qa (Ps-Pa)
    Where Qa is actual quantity used, Ps is standard/budget price and Pa is actual price

    Material Efficiency Variance = Ps (Qs-Qa)
    Where Ps is standard/budget price, Qs is budget quantity, and Qa is actual quantity used

    You tell us what you think the answer is, and why and we will look it over for you.

    Hint: Use the formulas.
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    Oct 9, 2007, 05:04 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by kemeria
    here is the question
    perfect Print, Inc., incurred the following direct material cost in November 2006 for high-volume routine print jobs:
    Actual unit purchase price $0.016per sheet
    Standard unit price $0.018per sheet
    Quantity purchased and used in November 490,000sheets
    Standard quantity allowed for good production 492,000 sheets
    calculate the material price variance and the material quantity variance.

    Do cost drivers exist in a traditional accounting system? are they designated as such? how, if at all, does the use of cost drivers in a traditional accounting system differ from those in an activity-based costing system?
    Cost drivers are used only in activity based costing system because it tends to determine the cost activity that affects most of the product cost

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