Inventories and major vendors (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Inventories

In June 2015, the Company acquired Rel-Tech, a company that currently values its inventories using specific identification (last purchase price) on a FIFO basis. The Company intends to convert the inventory valuation principles used by Rel-Tech to the weighted average cost sometime during fiscal 2016. Inventories consist of the following (in thousands): 

	January 31, 2016		October 31, 2015
Raw materials and supplies	$	3,168	$	2,671
Work in process		164		270
Finished goods		3,688		3,987
Totals	$	7,020	$	6,928