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Note 4 - Inventories and Major Vendors | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements |
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 4 – Inventories and major vendors Inventories, consisting of materials, labor and manufacturing overhead, are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost has been determined using the weighted average cost method. Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | July 31, 2023 |  |  | October 31, 2022 |
Raw materials and supplies |  | $ | 14,107 |  |  | $ | 15,238 |
Work in process |  |  | 510 |  |  |  | 439 |
Finished goods |  |  | 5,587 |  |  |  | 5,377 |
Totals |  | $ | 20,204 |  |  | $ | 21,054 |
For the three months ended July 31, 2023, a single vendor accounted for 10% of inventory purchases. For the three months ended July 31, 2022, the same vendor accounted for 17% of inventory purchases. For the nine months ended July 31, 2023, this vendor accounted for 17% of inventory purchases and it accounted for 28% of inventory purchases for the nine months ended July 31, 2022. We have arrangements with this vendor to purchase products based on purchase orders that we periodically issue.

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 330 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//330/tableOfContent + Details
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