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INVENTORIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 2. INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined principally on the average cost method. Inventories at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

 

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2014     2013  
             
Raw materials   $ 4,444     $ 5,470  
Work in process     1,634       882  
Finished goods     1,734       2,455  
Gross inventories     7,812       8,807  
Less: reserve for obsolescence     (1,329 )     (392 )
                 
Net inventories   $ 6,483     $ 8,415  

 

For the period ended September 30, 2014, we recorded a charge of approximately $189,000 to excess and obsolete inventory, attributable to scrap associated with RoHS compliance mandates in the European Union, and other product line adjustments.

 

During the third quarter of 2014, a physical count of consigned inventory was conducted at a Bulgarian supplier and identified an adjustment of approximately $607,000. The Company recorded this charge in the current reported period. The Company believes this adjustment was due to calculating raw material consumed during the manufacturing process at less than full cost. Management concluded that the effect of the third quarter adjustment was not material to the Company’s previously reported quarterly and full-year 2013 financial statements, as well as to the current years previously reported results of operations and financial position.