Property, Equipment and Software

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, equipment and software consisted of (in thousands):



	November 2, 2014			November 3, 2013
Land and buildings	$	23,306		$	23,298
Machinery and equipment	75,332			72,282
Leasehold improvements	11,278			11,011
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(95,920		)	(87,599		)
Property and equipment	13,996			18,992
Software	79,799			76,542
Less: Accumulated amortization	(67,491		)	(63,008		)
Property, equipment, and software, net	$	26,304		$	32,526

Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $9.2 million, $10.9 million and $11.6 million for the fiscal years ended 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Depreciation and amortization is included in Direct Cost of Staffing Services Revenue, Cost of Other Revenue and Selling, Administrative and Other Operating Costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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