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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Inventories as of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012 consisted of (in thousands):



	2013		2012
Raw materials	$	288,559	$	337,657
Work-in-process	57,883		47,182
Finished goods	57,578		72,852
	$	404,020	$	457,691

Per contractual terms, customer deposits are received by the Company to offset obsolete and excess inventory risks. The total amount of customer deposits related to inventory and included within current liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012 was $51.6 million and $34.8 million, respectively. Approximately $11.0 million of the inventory customer deposit balance as of September 28, 2013 relates to Juniper Networks, Inc. ("Juniper"), which disengaged from the Company in fiscal 2013.

- Definition

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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