Max Points: 5.0

Choose one of the following variance types, and give an example of what it indicates about a company's operations:

Favorable direct materials cost variance
Favorable direct materials efficiency variance
Favorable direct labor cost variance
Favorable direct labor efficiency variance
Favorable variable overhead cost variance
Favorable variable overhead efficiency variance
Unfavorable direct materials cost variance
Unfavorable direct materials efficiency variance
Unfavorable direct labor cost variance
Unfavorable direct labor efficiency variance
Unfavorable variable overhead cost variance
Unfavorable variable overhead efficiency variance

Choose a variance that has not been chosen by another one of your classmates, or provide an explanation that differs from those explained by your classmates. Participate in follow-up discussion by challenging your classmates' posts, expanding upon your classmates' posts, and/or providing additional alternatives with regard to reasons for the variances.