Week 4 Determining Benchmarks

Determining Benchmarks

This week we covered Chapter 7, Budgeting and Chapter 8, Evaluating Variances from Standard Costs.  Budgeting is used to project revenue and costs into the future, typically twelve months.  Evaluating variances from standard costs is the process of evaluating performances against benchmarks serving as goals. From the company you used in Week 1, please speculate how benchmarks can be determined when evaluating variances from standard costs.  Provide detailed examples and how you arrived at those examples.