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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2014

4. Inventories

Inventories are principally stated at the lower of first-in, first-out cost or market. Manufactured finished goods and work in process inventories include material, direct labor and overhead based on standard costs, which approximate actual costs. The Company utilizes an estimated gross profit method for determining cost of sales in interim periods at certain divisions.

Inventories consisted of the following:

	July 31, 2014		October 31, 2013
Printing:
Raw materials	$	1,146,437	$	1,375,675
Work in process		667,620		756,861
Finished goods		1,269,587		1,218,233
Office products and office furniture		1,309,012		1,533,810
Total inventory	$	4,392,656	$	4,884,579

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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