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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2012

INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined by standard cost methods, which approximate the first-in, first-out method. Inventory costs include material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Service inventories that exceed the estimated requirements for the next 12 months based on recent usage levels are reported as other long-term assets. Management has established inventory reserves based on estimates of excess and/or obsolete current and non-current inventory.

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):



	July 1, 2012		December 31, 2011
Raw materials and assembled parts	$	71,251	$	68,105
Service inventories, estimated current requirements	15,593		13,978
Work-in-process	81,360		66,275
Finished goods	25,093		33,652
Total current inventories	$	193,297	$	182,010
Non-current inventories	$	64,029	$	57,575

- 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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