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Inventories | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
INVENTORIES [Abstract] |
Inventory Disclosure | INVENTORIES Inventories consisted of the following at December 31:
| 2020 |  | 2019
Raw materials and parts | $ | 132,041 |  |  | $ | 129,294 |
Work-in-progress | 55,688 |  |  | 43,202 |
Finished goods | 109,882 |  |  | 101,789 |
Total inventory | $ | 297,611 |  |  | $ | 274,285 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 330 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998 + Details
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