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Inventories
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories

4.

Inventories  

At January 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017, inventories consisted of the following:

 

 

 

January 31, 2018

 

 

October 31, 2017

 

Raw materials and component parts

 

$

107,752

 

 

$

105,424

 

Work-in-process

 

 

45,331

 

 

 

45,743

 

Finished goods

 

 

168,075

 

 

 

152,923

 

 

 

 

321,158

 

 

 

304,090

 

Obsolescence and other reserves

 

 

(38,285

)

 

 

(33,140

)

LIFO reserve

 

 

(7,183

)

 

 

(6,684

)

 

 

$

275,690

 

 

$

264,266