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Yield Variance

The cost effect of using more or less material than the standard allows.

Area
Manufacturing
Also known as
material usage variance
In this area
14 terms of 257

Yield variance compares the material actually consumed with what the bill of materials said a given output should require, and values the difference. An unfavourable variance means more input was used per unit produced.

It separates a materials problem from a price problem. Paying more for the same quantity is a price variance; using more of it is a yield variance, and the two have completely different fixes.

How it is calculated

Yield variance = (Actual input − Standard input for actual output) × Standard cost

Read alongside purchase price variance so the two effects are not confused.

Yield Variance is not just a definition here

Manufacturing runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 14 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.