Perine Company has 5,460 pounds of raw materials in its December 31, 2019, ending inventory. Required production for January and February of 2020 are 4,200 and 6,000 units, respectively. 5 pounds of raw materials are needed for each unit, and the estimated cost per pound is $6. Management desires an ending inventory equal to 26% of next month’s materials requirements.

Prepare the direct materials budget for January.

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: