Prepaid Expenses Prepaid Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

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, 2018		October 31, 2017
Tooling (1)		$	19,732	$	13,629
Prepaid expenses and other assets		15,274		14,089
Assets held for sale (2)		6,300		6,300
	Total	$	41,306	$	34,018

(1) Development of molds, dies and tools (collectively, "tooling") related to new program awards that go into production over the next twelve months and are reimbursable by the customer upon successful delivery and approval of an engineered part.

(2) During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, we determined that a need no longer existed for certain equipment and is currently recorded as a current asset held for sale. We are actively working with the supplier to identify a buyer.