A production manager was recently given a performance report that showed a sizable unfavorable variable- overhead eﬃciency variance.The manager was puzzled as to how the department could be ineﬃcient in the use/incurrence of this cost. Required: Brieﬂy explain the nature of this variance to the manager.Does the variance really have much to do with variable overhead eﬃciencies or ineﬃciencies? Discuss.

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The Answer of A production manager was recently given a performance report that showed a sizable unfavorable variable- overhead eﬃciency variance.The manager was puzzled as to how the department could be ineﬃcient in the use/incurrence of this cost. Required: Brieﬂy explain the nature of this variance to the manager.Does the variance really have much to do with variable overhead eﬃciencies or ineﬃciencies? Discuss.

A Production Manager Was Recently Given a Performance Report That