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Price cost variance calculator

Value the unit-price change at actual consumption to isolate the price contribution to cost variance.

Vprice=Qactual×(pactual−pbudget)V_{\text{price}} = Q_{\text{actual}} \times \left(p_{\text{actual}} - p_{\text{budget}}\right)

Calculator

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Worked example

Given

  • QactualQ_{\text{actual}} = 8,600 purchase unit
  • pactualp_{\text{actual}} = 1.2 $/purchase unit
  • pbudgetp_{\text{budget}} = 1.1 $/purchase unit
Vprice=8600×(1.2−1.1)=860V_{\text{price}} = 8600 \times \left(1.2 - 1.1\right) = 860

Symbols and units

SymbolMeaningUnit
VpriceV_{\text{price}}cost effect of price change$
QactualQ_{\text{actual}}actual quantitypurchase unit
pactualp_{\text{actual}}actual unit price$/purchase unit
pbudgetp_{\text{budget}}budget unit price$/purchase unit

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