Nieto Company uses a responsibility reporting system. It has divisions in Denver, Seattle, and San Diego. Each division has three production departments: Cutting, Shaping, and Finishing. The responsibility for each department rests with a manager who reports to the division production manager. Each division manager reports to the vice president of production. There are also vice presidents for marketing and finance. All vice presidents report to the president.

In January 2010, controllable actual and budget manufacturing overhead cost data for the departments and divisions were as shown below.

Manufacturing Overhead		Actual	Budget
Individual costs—Cutting Department—Seattle	Â		Â
Indirect labor		$ 73,000	$ 70,000
Indirect materials		47,700	46,000
Maintenance		20,500	18,000
Utilities		20,100	17,000
Supervision		22,000	20,000
Â		$183,300	$171,000
Total costs		Â	Â
Shaping Department—Seattle		$158,000	$148,000
Finishing Department—Seattle		210,000	206,000
Denver division		676,000	673,000
San Diego division		722,000	715,000
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Additional overhead costs were incurred as follows: Seattle division production manager— actual costs $52,500, budget $51,000; vice president of production—actual costs $65,000, budget $64,000; president—actual costs $76,400, budget $74,200. These expenses are not allocated.

The vice presidents who report to the president, other than the vice president of production, had the following expenses.

Vice president	Actual	Budget
Marketing	$133,600	$130,000
Finance	109,000	105,000

Instructions

(a) Using the format on page 1076, prepare the following responsibility reports.

(1) Manufacturing overhead—Cutting Department manager—Seattle division.

(2) Manufacturing overhead—Seattle division manager.

(3) Manufacturing overhead—vice president of production.

(4) Manufacturing overhead and expenses—president.

(b) Comment on the comparative performances of:

(1) Department managers in the Seattle division.

(2) Division managers.

(3) Vice presidents.