1B1T A COMPANY HAS A RAW MATERIAL PRICE VARIANCE THAT IS UNFAVORABLE....

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A company has a raw material price variance that is unfavorable. An analysis of this

variance indicates that the company’s only available supplier of one of its raw materials

unexpectedly raised the price of the material. The action management should take

regarding this situation should be to

a. negatively evaluate the performance of the purchasing manager.

b. negatively evaluate the performance of the production manager.

c. change the raw material price standard.

d. ask the production manager to lower the material usage standard to compensate

for higher material costs.