Other Current Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Current Assets [Table Text Block]

Other current assets as of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Advance payments to vendors (1)	$	5,246	$	2,372
Deferred finance costs (2)	129		129
Notes receivable	561		529
Prepaid expenses and other (3)	3,944		4,498
Other current assets	$	9,880	$	7,528

(1) Advance payments to vendors relate to inventory purchases.

(2) Represents the current portion of direct deferred finance costs relating to securing a $40.0 million loan facility with NRG and will be amortized over the five-year life of the facility.

(3) Primarily relates to other prepaid vendor expenses including insurance, rent and lease payments.