(Solution) - Jerry Tanner CEO and a major stockholder of Tanner Company -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Jerry Tanner, CEO and a major stockholder of Tanner Company, was unhappy with its operating results in 2010. The company manufactures two environmentally friendly industrial cleaning machines used primarily in automobile repair shops, gas stations, and auto dealerships. The master budget and operating results of the year (000s omitted except for the selling price per unit) follow:

Required
1. Compute the contribution margin flexible-budget variance, contribution margin sales volume variance, contribution margin sales quantity variance, and contribution margin sales mix variance for each product and for the firm.
2. Write a memo to Jerry Tanner about the implications of the variances that you just computed on planning and operationalcontrol.