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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2013

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:



	July 31, 2013		October 31, 2012
Raw materials	$	14,441	$	17,705
Work-in-process	6,719		6,236
Finished goods	10,467		8,513
Total material	31,627		32,454
Tooling	10,097		12,233
Total inventory	$	41,724	$	44,687

Total cost of inventory is net of reserves to reduce certain inventory from cost to net realizable value. Such reserves aggregated $1,204 and $566 at July 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.

Customer reimbursed tooling inventories totaling $10,097 decreased $2,136 from October 31, 2012, for tooling related to new program awards that go into production throughout the remainder of fiscal 2013 and into fiscal 2014.

- Definition

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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