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GUARANTEES AND PRODUCT WARRANTIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Standard Product Warranty Disclosure [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Warranty Reserve

The amount of the warranty reserve is determined based on historical trend experience and any known warranty issues that could cause future warranty costs to differ from historical experience. A reconciliation of the changes in our warranty reserve is as follows (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended
		January 31,
		2016			2015
Balance, beginning of period		$	2,186		$	2,048
Provision for warranties during the period			688			782
Charges to the reserve			(771)			(693)
Impact of foreign currency translation			(47)			(75)
Balance, end of period		$	2,056		$	2,062

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249

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