value: 32.00 points John Fleming, chief administrator for Valley View Hospital,
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value: 32.00 points John Fleming, chief administrator for Valley View Hospital, is concerned about the costs for tests in the hospital's lab. Charges for lab tests are consistently higher at Valley View than at other hospitals and have resulted in many complaints. Also, because of strict regulations on amounts reimbursed for lab tests, payments received from insurance companies and governmental units have not been high enough to cover lab costs Mr. Fleming has asked you to evaluate costs in the hospital's lab for the past month. The following information is available a. Two types of tests are performed in the lab-blood tests and smears. During the past month, 1,500 blood tests and 4,400 smears were performed in the lab b. Small glass plates are used in both types of tests. During the past month, the hospital purchased 22,000 plates at a cost of $52,800. 3,400 of these plates were unused at the end of the month; no plates were on hand at the beginning of the month. c. During the past month, 3,400 hours of labor time were recorded in the lab at a cost of $39,100 d. The lab's variable overhead cost last month totaled $30,600 Valley View Hospital has never used standard costs. By searching industry literature, however, you have determined the following nationwide averages for hospital labs: Plates: Labor: Overhead: Three plates are required per lab test. These plates cost $2.50 each and are disposed of after the test is completed Each blood test should require 0.8 hours to complete, and each smear should require 0.40 hours to complete. The average cost of this lab time is $12.60 per hour. Overhead cost is based on direct labor-hours. The average rate for variable overhead is $8.50 per hour. Required 1. Compute a materials price variance for the plates purchased last month and a materials quantity variance for the plates used last month. (npt a amounts as positive values. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e, zero variance).) Materials price variance Materials quantity varianceExplanation / Answer
Material Price Variance= (standard price- actual price)*actual quantity used
=($2.50-$52,800/22,000)*22,000
=$2200 favourable
Material Quantity Variance=(standard quantity-actual quantity)*standard price
={(1500+4400)*3-22,000)*$2.50
=$10750 adverse
Labor rate variance=(standard rate-actual rate)*actual hours paid
={12.60-(39100/3400)*3400
=(12.60-11.50)*3400
=$3740 favourable
labor efficency variance=(standard hours -actual hours worked)*standard rate per hour
for actual ouput
={(1500*.80)+(4400*.40)-3400)*$12.60
=(2960-3400)*12.60
=$5544 adverse
C)No, I would not recommend this policy for cost reduction because it may compromise with the quality of the operations being performed.
Variable overhead rate variance=(standard variable overhead per hour-actual variable overhead per hour)*actual hrs worked =($8.50-30600/3400)*3400
=($8.50-$9)*3400
=$1700 adverse
variable overhead efficency variance=(standard hours-actual hours worked)*standard variable overhead per hour
={(1500*.80)+(4400*.40)-3400)*$8.50
=(2960-3400)*8.50
=$3740 adverse
3 b) yes
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