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INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
INVENTORIES  
INVENTORIES

3.     INVENTORIES

Inventories as of October 31, 2020 and 2019 are summarized below (in thousands):

2020

2019

Purchased parts and sub–assemblies

$

30,390

  

$

32,074

Work–in–process

 

12,635

 

20,901

Finished goods

 

106,839

 

95,876

$

149,864

  

$

148,851

Finished goods inventory consigned to our distributors and agents throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia was $17.2 million and $12.0 million as of October 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.