Puvo, Inc., manufactures a single product in which variable manufacturing overhead is assigned on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The company uses a standard cost system and has established the following standards for one unit of product:Standard Quantity Standard Priceor Rate Standard CostDirect materials 1.5 pounds $ 5.25 per pound $ 7.88Direct labor 0.5 hours $ 15.00 per hour $ 7.50Variable manufacturing overhead 0.5 hours $ 3.50 per hour $ 1.75During March, the following activity was recorded by the company:The company produced 4,800 units during the month. A total of 10,700 pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $29,960.There was no beginning inventory of materials on hand to start the month; at the end of the month, 2,140 pounds of material remained in the warehouse. During March, 2,600 direct labor-hours were worked at a rate of $15.50 per hour. Variable manufacturing overhead costs during March totaled $4,750.The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials quantity variance for March is:

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Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.