Preparation Of Performance Report
Question
Software Associates (SA) is a computer software consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing integrated marketing database warehousing programs. Humphrey Catalog is a client. In preparing its bid for Humphrey, SA estimates its total labor cost for this project to be $222,500, broken down as follows:
Budgeted Hours Budgeted Wage Budgeted Cost
|
Partner Associate Senior analyst Analyst Programmer Total |
100 300 600 1,000 3,000 |
$175 $120 $90 $40 $25 |
$17,500 $36,000 $54,000 $40,000 $75,000 $222,500 |
After completing the Humphrey contract, SA reports the following data.
Actual Hours Actual Costs
|
Partner Associate Senior analyst Analyst Programmer Total |
90 280 750 1,400 3,600 |
$15,750 $35,000 $63,750 $49,000 $82,800 $246,300 |
Required:
- Prepare a performance report for the Humphrey Catalog project.
- Offer a plausible explanation for SA’s performance on the Humphrey project.
Summary
The question belongs to Accounting and it discusses about preparing performance report for a project.
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