Prepaid Expenses Prepaid Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Prepaid expenses and other assets consist of the following:

		January 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Tooling (1)		$	17,570	$	19,792
Prepaid expenses and other assets		11,669		10,694
Assets held for sale		6,500		6,500
	Total	$	35,739	$	36,986

The Company invested in manufacturing equipment for one of its facilities. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company determined that a need no longer existed for this type of equipment and is currently recorded as a current asset held for sale. The Company is actively working with the supplier to identify a buyer over the next several months.

(1) Customer reimbursements for the development of molds, dies and tools (collectively, "tooling") related to new program awards that go into production over the next twelve months.