Details of Balance Sheet

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

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Details of Balance Sheet

Note 4 — Details of balance sheet

	2013			2012
Receivables:
Accounts	$	292,469		$	308,604
Notes		9,467			13,797
Other		11,036			5,938
		312,972			328,339
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(4,265	)		(3,776	)
	$	308,707		$	324,563
Inventories:
Raw materials and component parts	$	81,943		$	71,189
Work-in-process		34,756			22,159
Finished goods		115,078			103,552
		231,777			196,900
Obsolescence and other reserves		(26,579	)		(20,505	)
LIFO reserve		(6,797	)		(6,810	)
	$	198,401		$	169,585
Property, plant and equipment:
Land	$	10,383		$	8,533
Land improvements		3,849			3,424
Buildings		127,178			125,338
Machinery and equipment		294,374			257,229
Enterprise management system		43,983			43,335
Construction-in-progress		21,251			10,110
Leased property under capitalized leases		26,838			23,842
		527,856			471,811
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(326,877	)		(296,880	)
	$	200,979		$	174,931
Accrued liabilities:
Salaries and other compensation	$	44,561		$	46,930
Pension and retirement		720			1,435
Taxes other than income taxes		5,570			6,192
Other		59,677			62,819
	$	110,528		$	117,376