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OVERHEAD EFFICIENCY VARIANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
  • Production Management
DEF

[The] difference in actual and budgeted variable overhead costs that results from inefficient use of indirect materials and indirect labor.

OBS

Variable overhead efficiency variance [is calculated as follows:] actual labor-hours [minus] standard labor-hours allowed for actual production [times] standard variable overhead rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Dans la méthode du coût de revient standard, différence entre le nombre d'unités d'œuvre standard que requiert la production effectuée (par exemple, le nombre d'heures de main-d'œuvre directe ou le nombre d'heures-machines) et le nombre d'unités d'œuvre réel au niveau d'activité atteint, multipliée par le taux d'imputation standard des coûts indirects variables.

Spanish

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