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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2022
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Inventories |
|  | As of August 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Manufacturing supplies and raw materials |  | $ | 570.2 |  |  | $ | 352.8 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 183.3 |  |  |  | 167.3 |
Finished goods |  |  | 75.9 |  |  |  | 73.4 |
Excess and obsolete adjustment |  |  | (14.1 | ) |  |  | (19.9 | )
|  | $ | 815.3 |  |  | $ | 573.6 |
Inventory Valuation |
|  | As of August 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Excess and obsolete adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 19.9 |  |  | $ | 24.2 |  |  | $ | 9.5 |
Charge to cost of revenue |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 18.0 |
Disposition of inventory |  |  | (6.9 | ) |  |  | (5.0 | ) |  |  | (3.6 | )
Currency translation effect |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 14.1 |  |  | $ | 19.9 |  |  | $ | 24.2 |

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