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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | A summary of activity in our allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:
|  | Fiscal year ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Opening balance |  | $ | 2,404 |  |  | $ | 565 |
Charged to expense |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | — |
Accounts written off |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | — |
Establishment of archive reserve |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,216 |
Uncollected archive invoices |  |  | (452 | ) |  |  | (1,377 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 1,948 |  |  | $ | 2,404 |
Schedule Of Movement In Inventory Reserve | A summary of activity in our inventory obsolescence is as follows for the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:
|  | Fiscal year ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Opening balance |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 288 |
Provision for slow moving and obsolescence |  |  | 79 |  |  |  | 92 |
Write-off of obsolete and slow moving inventory |  |  | (102 | ) |  |  | (169 | )
Closing balance |  | $ | 188 |  |  | $ | 211 |
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment | Property and equipment, net, as of September 30, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | 1,001 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 22,194 |  |  |  | 22,090 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 23,818 |  |  |  | 19,059 |
Office furniture and fixtures |  |  | 829 |  |  |  | 638 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 565 |  |  |  | 57 |
|  |  | 48,435 |  |  |  | 42,845 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (31,825 | ) |  |  | (27,880 | )
Net property and equipment |  | $ | 16,610 |  |  | $ | 14,965 |

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