Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consists of the following:

	Estimated
	Useful Lives	Years Ended September 30,
	in Years	2011		2010
Land	N/A	$	1,795	$	2,797
Buildings	5-20		3,030		6,066
Transportation equipment	3-5		1,695		2,807
Machinery and equipment	3-10		3,077		4,556
Leasehold improvements	5-10		1,703		2,267
Information systems	2-8		8,939		20,681
Furniture and fixtures	5-7		1,942		2,590
		$	22,181	$	41,764
Less--Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(14,165)		(21,868)
Property and equipment, net		$	8,016	$	19,896

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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