Maddox Specialty Company, a division of Lost World Inc., manufactures three models of gear shift components for bicycles that are sold to bicycle manufacturers, retailers, and catalog outlets. Since beginning operations in 1993, Maddox has used normal absorption costing and has assumed a first-in, first-out cost flow in its perpetual inventory system. The balances of the inventory accounts at the end of Maddoxs fiscal year, November 30, 2020, are shown below. The inventories are stated at cost before any year-end adjustments.

Finished goods		$647,000
Work in process		112,500
Raw materials		264,000
Factory supplies		69,000

The following information relates to Maddoxs inventory and operations. 1. The finished goods inventory consists of the items analyzed below.

		Cost		Market
Down tube shifter
Standard model		$ 67,500		$ 67,000
Click adjustment model		94,500		89,000
Deluxe model		108,000		110,000
Total down tube shifters		270,000		266,000
Bar end shifter
Standard model		83,000		90,050
Click adjustment model		99,000		97,550
Total bar end shifters		182,000		187,600
Head tube shifter
Standard model		78,000		77,650
Click adjustment model		117,000		119,300
Total head tube shifters		195,000		196,950
Total finished goods		$647,000		$650,550

2.		One-half of the head tube shifter finished goods inventory is held by catalog outlets on consignment.
3.		Three-quarters of the bar end shifter finished goods inventory has been pledged as collateral for a bank loan.
4.		One-half of the raw materials balance represents derailleurs acquired at a contracted price 20% above the current market price. The NRV of the rest of the raw materials is $127,400.
5.		The total NRV of the work in process inventory is $108,700.
6.		Included in the cost of factory supplies are obsolete items with an historical cost of $4,200. The market value of the remaining factory supplies is $65,900.
7.		Maddox applies the LCNRV method to each of the three types of shifters in finished goods inventory. For each of the other three inventory accounts, Maddox applies the LCNRV method to the total of each inventory account.
8.		Consider all amounts presented above to be material in relation to Maddoxs financial statements taken as a whole.

Without prejudice to the inventory section of Maddoxs balance sheet as of November 30, 2020, assume that the NRV of Maddoxs inventories is less than cost. Explain how this decline would be presented in Maddoxs income statement for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020.

Assume that Maddox has a firm purchase commitment for the same type of derailleur included in the raw materials inventory as of November 30, 2020, and that the purchase commitment is at a contracted price 15% greater than the current market price. These derailleurs are to be delivered to Maddox after November 30, 2020. Discuss the impact, if any, that this purchase commitment would have on Maddoxs financial statements prepared for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020