Inventories

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	July 31, 2018		October 31, 2017
Raw materials	$	29,074	$	23,389
Work-in-process	22,823		18,653
Finished goods	23,218		19,770
Total inventory	$	75,115	$	61,812

Total cost of inventory is net of reserves to reduce certain inventory from cost to net realizable value by an allowance for excess and obsolete inventories based on management’s review of on-hand inventories compared to historical and estimated future sales and usage. Such reserves aggregated $5,079 and $5,535 at July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017, respectively.