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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Annual Depreciation Rates
 

   
%
     
Installed products
 
20-33
Computers and electronic equipment
 
10 - 33 (mainly 33)
Office furniture and equipment
 
6 - 15
Motor vehicles
 
15 - 20 (mainly 20)
Network installation
 
10 - 33
Buildings
 
6.67
Leasehold improvements
 
Over the term of the lease
including the option term

 
Schedule of Changes in Product Liabilities
 

   
Year ended
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Balance, beginning of the year
  $ 661     $ 690  
   Warranties issued during the year
    699       521  
   Settlements made during the year
    (446 )     (387 )
   Expirations
    (184 )     (174 )
   Foreign currency translation adjustment
    36       11  
                 
Balance end of year
  $ 766     $ 661  

Schedule of Fair Value Assumptions
 

   
Year ended
December 31,
   
2013
 
2012
 
2011
             
Risk free interest rate
 
0.56%-1.31%
 
-
 
2%
Dividend yield
 
0%
 
-
 
0%
Expected volatility
 
44.75%-49.48%
 
-
 
75%
Expected term (in years)
 
2.63-4.5
 
-
 
5
Forfeiture rate
 
2%
 
-
 
2%

 
Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 

   
Year ended
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Balance at beginning of the year
  $ 935     $ 1,444  
First time consolidation of Pointer Brazil
    263       -  
Deductions during the year
    (364 )     (722 )
Charged to expenses
    412       209  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    24       4  
                 
Balance at end of year
  $ 1,270     $ 935