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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Disclosure Table [Text Block] | The following table presents the valuation and qualifying account activity for fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, June 1, 2013, and June 2, 2012, (in thousands):
Description | Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to expense |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at end of period
Year ended May 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,092 |  |  | $ | 114 |  | (1) |  | $ | 625 |  | (2) |  | $ | 581 |
Inventory provisions | 2,715 |  |  | 751 |  | (3) |  | 325 |  | (4) |  | 3,141 |
Year ended June 1, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,058 |  |  | $ | 135 |  | (1) |  | $ | 101 |  | (2) |  | $ | 1,092 |
Inventory provisions | 2,976 |  |  | 412 |  | (3) |  | 673 |  | (4) |  | 2,715 |
Year ended June 2, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 438 |  |  | $ | 638 |  | (1) |  | $ | 18 |  | (2) |  | $ | 1,058 |
Inventory provisions | 4,519 |  |  | 445 |  | (3) |  | 1,988 |  | (4) |  | 2,976 |
Notes:
(1) | Charges to bad debt expense
(2) | Uncollectible amounts written off, net of recoveries and foreign currency translation.
(3) | Charges to cost of sales. Included in fiscal 2014 are inventory write-downs of $0.6 million for EDG and $0.2 million for Canvys. Included in fiscal 2013 are inventory write-downs of $0.2 million for EDG and $0.2 million for Canvys. Included in fiscal 2012 are inventory write-downs of $0.2 million for EDG and $0.2 million for Canvys.
(4) | Inventory disposed of or sold, net of foreign currency translation.

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