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Inventories
 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories

4.

Inventories  

At April 30, 2018 and October 31, 2017, inventories consisted of the following:

 

 

 

April 30, 2018

 

 

October 31, 2017

 

Raw materials and component parts

 

$

109,078

 

 

$

105,424

 

Work-in-process

 

 

53,745

 

 

 

45,743

 

Finished goods

 

 

167,404

 

 

 

152,923

 

 

 

 

330,227

 

 

 

304,090

 

Obsolescence and other reserves

 

 

(38,753

)

 

 

(33,140

)

LIFO reserve

 

 

(7,111

)

 

 

(6,684

)

 

 

$

284,363

 

 

$

264,266