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Note 3 - Inventories and Major Vendors

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2026

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 3 – 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): 

		January 31, 2026				October 31, 2025
Raw materials and supplies		$	8,757			$	9,269
Work in process			927				715
Finished goods			4,092				3,751
Totals		$	13,776			$	13,735

For the three months ended January 31, 2026, no single vendor accounted for 10% or more of inventory purchases. For the three months ended January 31, 2025, one vendor accounted for 10% of inventory purchases. We have arrangements with these vendors to purchase products based on purchase orders that we periodically issue.

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

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