Prepaid Expenses Prepaid Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 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:

		April 30, 2017		October 31, 2016
Tooling (1)		$	13,668	$	19,792
Prepaid expenses and other assets		12,689		10,694
Assets held for sale		6,500		6,500
	Total	$	32,857	$	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.

(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.