Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Accrued liabilities as of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Accrued payroll and employee benefits	$	3,453	$	4,432
Accrued contract and operating costs	34		34
Accrued product warranty cost (1)	1,361		1,156
Accrued service agreement costs	4,293		3,882
Accrued taxes, legal, professional and other	2,638		2,562
Accrued Liabilities	$	11,779	$	12,066

(1) Activity in the accrued product warranty costs for the three months ended January 31, 2015 included additions for estimates of potential future warranty obligations of $0.5 million on contracts in the warranty period and reductions related to actual warranty spend of $0.3 million as contracts progress through the warranty period or are beyond the warranty period.