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INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2019
INVENTORIES  
INVENTORIES

3.     INVENTORIES

Inventories as of October 31, 2019 and 2018 are summarized below (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2019

    

2018

Purchased parts and sub–assemblies

 

$

32,074

  

$

38,303

Work–in–process

 

 

20,901

 

 

22,786

Finished goods

 

 

95,876

 

 

76,520

 

 

$

148,851

  

$

137,609

 

Finished goods inventory consigned to our distributors and agents throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia was $12.0 million and $9.9 million as of October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.