Usage Variance Calculator

Actual use is above the standard the budget was built on. A variance this size usually means the standard assumed a coverage rate the site does not achieve, or that the method changed: find which one, because the next budget inherits the same question.

The variance compares actual consumption with a standard for the same period, and both have to be for the same period and the same scope. A month of actual use against a quarter of standard consumption is not a variance, and neither is a comparison that ignores a product substitution. This is a planning figure for the values entered, not a measured result. Coverage rates, product yields and application rates are properties of a specific product, applicator and substrate, and the label or data sheet for the product you are using always takes precedence over the default here.