Papaya Partners is a distributor of papayas. They purchase papayas from individual growers and package them in 10-pound cartons for delivery to their various customers, generally supermarkets. Last month, they budgeted to sell $500,000 worth of cartons at a price of $25 each. Actual sales met a budget of $500,000 at $25 per carton. The management has received cost information based on actual performance and needs to understand the drivers of the overall variance from the budget. They have asked you, as an analyst in their management accounting department, to calculate and explain the variances. The following data has been provided: Budget Cost of fruit @ 10 pounds per carton $ 200,000 Cost of packaging @ 1 pound per carton $ 10,000 Labor costs @ .5 hourse per carton $ 90,000 Total Cost $ 300,000 Actual Cost of fruit @ 10 pounds per carton $ 244,200 Cost of packaging @ .55 pound percarton$ 11,000 Labor costs @ .75 hourse per carton $ 150,000 Total Cost $405,200 WHAT IS THE STANDARD COST PER UNIT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST PER UNIT WHAT IS THE DIRECT MATERIAL USAGE VARIANCES WHAT IS THE DIRECT MATERIAL PRICE VARIANCES WHAT IS THE DIRECT LABOR RATE VARIANCES WHAT IS THE DIRECT LABOR EFFICIENCY VARIANCES

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Papaya Partners is a distributor of papayas. They purchase papayas from individual growers and package them in 10-pound cartons for delivery to their various customers, generally supermarkets. Last month, they budgeted to sell $500,000 worth of cartons at a price of $25 each. Actual sales met a budget of $500,000 at $25 per carton. The management has received cost information based on actual performance and needs to understand the drivers of the overall variance from the budget. They have asked you, as an analyst in their management accounting department, to calculate and explain the variances. The following data has been provided: Budget Cost of fruit @ 10 pounds per carton $ 200,000 Cost of packaging @ 1 pound per carton $ 10,000 Labor costs @ .5 hourse per carton $ 90,000 Total Cost $ 300,000 Actual Cost of fruit @ 10 pounds per carton $ 244,200 Cost of packaging @ .55 pound percarton$ 11,000 Labor costs @ .75 hourse per carton $ 150,000 Total Cost $405,200

WHAT IS THE STANDARD COST PER UNIT

WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST PER UNIT

WHAT IS THE DIRECT MATERIAL USAGE VARIANCES

WHAT IS THE DIRECT MATERIAL PRICE VARIANCES

WHAT IS THE DIRECT LABOR RATE VARIANCES

WHAT IS THE DIRECT LABOR EFFICIENCY VARIANCES

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