Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2024

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

The Corporation’s residential building products inventories, and a majority of its workplace furnishings inventories, are valued at cost, on the "last-in, first-out" (LIFO) basis. Remaining inventories are generally valued at the lower of cost, on the "first-in, first-out" (FIFO) basis, or net realizable value. Inventories included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets consisted of the following:

	June 29, 2024			December 30, 2023
Finished products, net	$	143.9		$	112.9
Materials and work in process, net	123.4			128.2
LIFO allowance	(44.5)			(44.5)
Total inventories, net	$	222.8		$	196.6
Inventory valued by the LIFO costing method	93		%	91		%

The year-to-date increase in the net inventory balance was driven by seasonality in both the workplace furnishings and residential building products segments.

In addition to the LIFO allowance, the Corporation recorded inventory allowances reducing finished products, materials, and work in process of $15.0 million and $14.2 million as of June 29, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively, to adjust for excess and obsolete inventory or otherwise reduce FIFO-basis inventory to net realizable value.