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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2021
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Inventories |
|  | As of August 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Manufacturing supplies and raw materials |  | $ | 352,747 |  |  | $ | 263,080 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 167,336 |  |  |  | 116,909 |
Finished goods |  |  | 73,387 |  |  |  | 173,761 |
Excess and obsolete adjustment |  |  | (19,876 | ) |  |  | (24,221 | )
|  | $ | 573,594 |  |  | $ | 529,529 |
Inventory Valuation |
|  | As of August 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Excess and obsolete adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 24,221 |  |  | $ | 9,512 |  |  | $ | 5,614 |
Charge to cost of revenue |  |  | 746 |  |  |  | 17,966 |  |  |  | 9,734 |
Disposition of inventory |  |  | (5,000 | ) |  |  | (3,555 | ) |  |  | (5,651 | )
Currency translation effect |  |  | (91 | ) |  |  | 298 |  |  |  | (185 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 19,876 |  |  | $ | 24,221 |  |  | $ | 9,512 |

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