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Inventories and major vendors

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories and major vendors

Note 3 - Inventories and major vendors

Inventories, consisting of materials, labor and manufacturing overhead, are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost has been determined using the weighted average cost method. Inventories consist of the following (in thousands): 

		July 31, 2018				October 31, 2017
Raw materials and supplies		$	2,867			$	2,520
Work in process			389				194
Finished goods			3,598				3,395
Totals		$	6,854			$	6,109

One vendor accounted for 46% of inventory purchases for the three months ended July 31, 2018. This same vendor accounted for 41% of inventory purchases for the nine months ended July 31, 2018. One vendor accounted for 11% of inventory purchases for the three months ended July 31, 2017. No vendor accounted for greater than 10% of inventory purchases for the nine months ended July 31, 2017. The Company has arrangements with these vendors to purchase products based on purchase orders periodically issued by the Company.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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