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INVENTORY

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

INVENTORY

The composition of inventory is as follows:



	As of December 31, 2012		As of June 30, 2013
Raw materials	$	3,281	$	3,025
Work-in-process	782		1,834
Finished goods	1,043		1,286
	$	5,106	$	6,145

The inventory balances at June 30, 2013 are net of provisions for obsolete inventory recorded in 2013 at USSI ($282), OmniMetrix ($21) and a restructuring obsolescence provision at GridSense ($152) (see Note 4).

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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