INVENTORIES, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

(6)INVENTORIES, NET

Inventories at March 28, 2015 and December 31, 2014 comprised the following:

	March 28,			December 31,
	2015			2014
Finished goods	$	148.4		$	138.2
Work in process	178.5			158.6
Raw materials and purchased parts	217.9			220.5
Total FIFO cost	544.8			517.3
Excess of FIFO cost over LIFO inventory value	(19.4		)	(19.5		)
Total inventories	$	525.4		$	497.8

Inventories include material, labor and factory overhead costs and are reduced, when necessary, to estimated net realizable values. Certain domestic inventories are valued using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. These inventories were approximately 21% and 18% of total inventory at March 28, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Other inventories are valued using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.

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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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